Friday, January 10, 2014

Person not named in FIR can be tried if evidence crops up : Supreme Court( SC)



New Delhi, Jan 10 (PTI):  The Supreme Court today held a person can be made an accused by the trial court in case evidence crops up during the proceedings even if he has not been named in the FIR or charge sheet.

A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam said that the trial court has powers to summon a person as an accused despite his name being not mentioned by the investigators in the FIR and charge sheet.