https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308758 A Sessions Court cannot add a new person as an accused merely on the basis of committal materials or before any evidence is recorded. After committal, the court proceeds against the accused already before it, and addition of a further accused is confined to the statutory conditions in Section 319 CrPC, which require evidence during inquiry or trial showing the person's involvement. Materials in police papers or the committal record are insufficient. The impugned summoning order was therefore unsustainable and was set aside, while the Section 319 power remained available for later use if evidence so justified. en-us Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 19 Jul 2023 18:19:44 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308758 A Sessions Court cannot add a new person as an accused merely on the basis of committal materials or before any evidence is recorded. After committal, the court proceeds against the accused already before it, and addition of a further accused is confined to the statutory conditions in Section 319 CrPC, which require evidence during inquiry or trial showing the person's involvement. Materials in police papers or the committal record are insufficient. The impugned summoning order was therefore unsustainable and was set aside, while the Section 319 power remained available for later use if evidence so justified. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308758