CrPC 259 — Power of Court to convert summons-cases into warrant-cases

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Statutory text

When  in  the  course  of  the  trial  of  a summons-case  relating to an  offence punishable  with imprisonment for a  term exceeding six  months, it appears to
the  Magistrate  that  in  the  interests  of  justice,  the  offence  should  be  tried  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  for  the trial of warrant-cases, such Magistrate may proceed to re-hear the case in the manner provided by this Code for the trial of warrant-cases and may re-call any witness who may have been examined.

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