https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287615 Section 319 CrPC can be invoked only when evidence emerges in the course of an inquiry or trial, and not at the committal stage under Section 209. Proceedings under Section 209 are confined to ministerial steps for sending the case to the Court of Session and do not amount to an inquiry or involve recording evidence; therefore, the Magistrate has no power at that stage to summon or add a person as an accused. A revisional court cannot confer such power where the statute does not provide it. The Court therefore treated the revisional direction as without jurisdiction and held that any resort to Section 319 must await evidence before the Court of Session. en-us Wed, 01 May 1996 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 13:11:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287615 Section 319 CrPC can be invoked only when evidence emerges in the course of an inquiry or trial, and not at the committal stage under Section 209. Proceedings under Section 209 are confined to ministerial steps for sending the case to the Court of Session and do not amount to an inquiry or involve recording evidence; therefore, the Magistrate has no power at that stage to summon or add a person as an accused. A revisional court cannot confer such power where the statute does not provide it. The Court therefore treated the revisional direction as without jurisdiction and held that any resort to Section 319 must await evidence before the Court of Session. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 01 May 1996 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287615