Criminal Trial Need Not Be Split Up Against Company Which Is Refusing To Be Represented Before Court : Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court has held that where a company having notice, fails to represent itself in criminal judicial proceedings, the courts must proceed with the trial without splitting the trial in terms of Section 317(2) of CrPC. Section 317(2) prescribes that if the accused is not represented, then the Judge or Magistrate may either adjourn such inquiry or trial, or order that...