Cryptic summoning orders lacking judicial mind under Section 204 CrPC are liable to be quashed.

A summoning order under Section 204 of the Code of Criminal Procedure must disclose reasons showing that the Magistrate applied judicial mind and found sufficient grounds to proceed. A cryptic order, unsupported by any recorded basis, does not satisfy that requirement and is treated as illegal, making it liable to be quashed in exercise of inherent jurisdiction. The text states that the summoning order was quashed and the matter remitted for a fresh order in accordance with law.

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Issues: Whether the summoning order issued by the Magistrate was liable to be quashed for being cryptic and for absence of application of mind while issuing process.

Analysis: The order issuing process must disclose reasons showing that the Magistrate applied judicial mind and found sufficient grounds for proceeding. A cryptic summoning order, unsupported by any recorded basis, does not satisfy the requirement of Section 204 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Such an order is treated as illegal and liable to be quashed in exercise of inherent jurisdiction.

Conclusion: The summoning order was quashed and the matter was remitted for a fresh order in accordance with law.

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