https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=468155 Once the trial court pronounces conviction and sentence, it becomes functus officio and cannot later invoke Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to summon additional accused. The controlling principle is that the power under Section 319 must be exercised while the court still retains jurisdiction over the trial; after sentence is pronounced, any such order is outside jurisdiction. On that basis, the impugned Section 319 order passed after conviction and sentence could not be sustained. en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:32:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=468155 Once the trial court pronounces conviction and sentence, it becomes functus officio and cannot later invoke Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to summon additional accused. The controlling principle is that the power under Section 319 must be exercised while the court still retains jurisdiction over the trial; after sentence is pronounced, any such order is outside jurisdiction. On that basis, the impugned Section 319 order passed after conviction and sentence could not be sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 09 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=468155