Trials before High Court
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Summary
When the High Court conducts a trial of an offence (except where a special provision prescribes a different procedure), it must follow the same procedure a Court of Sessions would follow. That covers framing charges, recording and testing evidence, examining witnesses and passing sentence. In short, the trial process mirrors a sessions trial whenever the High Court tries the offence.
Example
Priya, a shopkeeper, is accused of cheating and her trial is placed before the High Court. The High Court will frame charges, record witness evidence and follow the same steps a Sessions Court would follow, so the procedure mirrors a sessions trial.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhen an offence is tried by the High Court otherwise than under section 407, 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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