Additional Accused not named in FIR can be summoned based on emerging evidence
The Supreme Court of India has set aside the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s order that had quashed a Sessions Judge’s directive summoning additional accused in a criminal case not named in FIR. The case, Satbir Singh v. Rajesh Kumar and Others, involved charges under Sections 323, 324, 307, and 506 of the Indian Penal…