Trials before High Courts
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Summary
When the High Court itself tries an offence (except where a different procedure applies), it must follow the same trial steps a Sessions Court would. That covers framing charges, examining and cross‑examining witnesses, recording evidence and passing sentence. The rule applies whenever the High Court conducts the trial instead of a Sessions Court.
Example
Priya is accused of theft and her case is being tried in the High Court instead of Sessions Court. The High Court must follow the same steps a Sessions Court would: framing the charge, hearing and cross-examining witnesses, recording evidence, and then deciding the case.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhen an offence is tried by the High Court otherwise than under section 447, it shall, in the trial of the offence, observe the same procedure as a Court of Sessions would observe if it were trying the case.
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