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july 2013

Supreme Court of India · 2013-07-01

Mohit @ Sonu & Anr vs State Of U.P.& Anr

Citation / case number
AIR 2013 SUPREME COURT 2248
Court
Supreme Court of India
Petitioner
Mohit @ Sonu & Anr
Respondent
State Of U.P.& Anr
Author
M.Y. Eqbal
Bench
M.Y. Eqbal, P. Sathasivam

Judgment text excerpt

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's order directing the trial court to summon the accused-appellants under Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The Court found that the High Court correctly identified that prima facie evidence existed against the appellants, which warranted their summoning despite the trial court's earlier rejection of the application. The Court emphasized that the trial court had erred in dismissing the application without adequately considering the evidence presented by the complainant and other witnesses.

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