Arrest warrants for summoning in a complaint case converted to bailable warrants as a lesser coercive process

Arrest warrants issued at the first instance to secure the petitioner's appearance in a complaint case were considered unwarranted, and a lesser coercive process was found appropriate. Exercising inherent powers, the Court accepted the request for conversion of the warrants and directed that the arrest warrants be treated as bailable warrants. The operative effect was to moderate the mode of summoning while preserving the court's process in the complaint proceeding.

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Issues: Whether the arrest warrants issued to summon the petitioner in the complaint case should be converted into bailable warrants.

Analysis: The petition was moved under the inherent powers of the Court. The order under challenge had summoned the petitioner through arrest warrants in a complaint case. In the light of the relied upon legal position, arrest warrants at the first instance were not warranted for summoning the petitioner, and the request for a lesser coercive process was accepted.

Conclusion: The arrest warrants were converted into bailable warrants, granting the petitioner the relief sought in substance.

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