Power of Court to convert summonscases into warrant-cases
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Summary
If a summons-case involves an offence punishable with imprisonment for more than six months, the Magistrate can, if justice requires, convert the trial to the warrant-case procedure. The Magistrate may re-hear the matter under warrant-case rules and recall any witness who has already been examined.
Example
Priya is facing a summons-case for an offence punishable with one year imprisonment. During trial the Magistrate considers the matter serious and converts it into a warrant-case; the Magistrate re-hears the charge under warrant-case procedure and recalls a witness who had already testified.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhen in the course of the trial of a summons-case relating to an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding six months, it appears to the Magistrate that in the interests of justice, the offence should be tried in accordance with the procedure for the trial of warrant-cases, such Magistrate may proceed to re-hear the case in the manner provided by this Sanhita for the trial of warrant-cases and may recall any witness who may have been examined.
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