https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=282342 In an enquiry for an offence triable exclusively by the Court of Session, the Magistrate must call upon the complainant to produce and examine the witnesses relied on, but is not required to independently summon every person named in the complaint. Cognizance may validly rest on the statements of the witnesses actually produced and examined, so the order is not vitiated merely because some named witnesses were left out. A challenge under Section 482 CrPC must also be brought within a reasonable time; where the petition was filed after substantial delay, the court treated it as belated and declined interference with the cognizance order. en-us Thu, 30 Nov 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 03 Aug 2019 15:28:51 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=282342 In an enquiry for an offence triable exclusively by the Court of Session, the Magistrate must call upon the complainant to produce and examine the witnesses relied on, but is not required to independently summon every person named in the complaint. Cognizance may validly rest on the statements of the witnesses actually produced and examined, so the order is not vitiated merely because some named witnesses were left out. A challenge under Section 482 CrPC must also be brought within a reasonable time; where the petition was filed after substantial delay, the court treated it as belated and declined interference with the cognizance order. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 30 Nov 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=282342