https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287477 Section 319 CrPC confers an extraordinary, discretionary power that must be exercised with circumspection and in line with fair-trial requirements. When securing the attendance of a newly added accused, summons or a bailable warrant should ordinarily be used first, because a non-bailable warrant is a serious interference with personal liberty under Article 21 and should issue at the first instance only where circumstances show likely evasion, refusal to appear, inability to serve process, or risk of harm to others. The Court concluded that issuing a non-bailable warrant initially was unwarranted and that summons ought to have been issued instead. en-us Fri, 16 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 01 Mar 2023 16:32:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287477 Section 319 CrPC confers an extraordinary, discretionary power that must be exercised with circumspection and in line with fair-trial requirements. When securing the attendance of a newly added accused, summons or a bailable warrant should ordinarily be used first, because a non-bailable warrant is a serious interference with personal liberty under Article 21 and should issue at the first instance only where circumstances show likely evasion, refusal to appear, inability to serve process, or risk of harm to others. The Court concluded that issuing a non-bailable warrant initially was unwarranted and that summons ought to have been issued instead. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 16 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287477