https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=18933 Section 244 of the Code of Criminal Procedure was construed broadly to allow the Magistrate, in a complaint case, to hear the prosecution and take all evidence produced in support of its case, including summoning prosecution witnesses on application. A restrictive reading was rejected as inconsistent with the purpose of the provision and liable to cause injustice to the complainant. The earlier decision on court witnesses under Section 311 was distinguished because it concerned a different procedural setting in a private complaint. The complainant was therefore entitled to seek summons to additional witnesses, and the order permitting that course was upheld. en-us Mon, 17 Apr 1995 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:40:31 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=18933 Section 244 of the Code of Criminal Procedure was construed broadly to allow the Magistrate, in a complaint case, to hear the prosecution and take all evidence produced in support of its case, including summoning prosecution witnesses on application. A restrictive reading was rejected as inconsistent with the purpose of the provision and liable to cause injustice to the complainant. The earlier decision on court witnesses under Section 311 was distinguished because it concerned a different procedural setting in a private complaint. The complainant was therefore entitled to seek summons to additional witnesses, and the order permitting that course was upheld. Case-Laws Income Tax Mon, 17 Apr 1995 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=18933