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#SupremeCourt to deliver verdict in the matter concerning the interpretation of Section 319 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), which gives trial courts the power to summon persons other than the accused who appear to have committed an offence in a case.

Bench assembles.

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Court: We have taken into consideration the object of 319. We have tried to explain the period where trial comes to an end. There we have said this power should be exercised before acquittal order.

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Court: In cases where conviction is there, it is before sentence. If it is on the same date, it has to be shown that this power was exercised before the sentence.

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Court: In those circumstances we have answered the questions..

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Court: Having answered the questions, we direct registry to obtain orders from the CJI and place before the appropriate bench to take a decision on the factual aspects arising in the case.

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Judgment pronouncement ends.

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