Section 205 CrPC does not allow blanket exemption from personal appearance; exemption must be sought on proper grounds.

Section 205 of the Code of Criminal Procedure does not permit a blanket, unrestricted exemption from personal appearance as a matter of course. A request for exemption must be made on appropriate grounds and considered by the Trial Court on its own merits in accordance with law. The document notes that, if sufficient and cogent reasons exist on a particular occasion, counsel may apply for exemption, but no general dispensation from appearance is available. Blanket exemption from personal appearance was declined, while the right to seek occasion-specific exemption remained available.

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Issues: Whether a blanket exemption from personal appearance could be granted under Section 205 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Analysis: The request was for a blanket exemption from appearance before the Trial Court. The order records that Section 205 does not permit such an unrestricted exemption as a matter of course. At the same time, it notes that if sufficient and cogent reasons exist on a given occasion, an application for exemption may be made through counsel, and the Trial Court would consider it on its own merits in accordance with law.

Conclusion: Blanket exemption from personal appearance was declined. The petitioner may, however, seek exemption on appropriate grounds in accordance with law before the Trial Court.

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