Defence Evidence: Application U/S 243CrPC Cannot Be Rejected Unless It Is Vexatious, Delayed or Would Defeat The Ends of Justice:Delhi HC

Shreyasi Bhattacharya

2 July 2019 9:27 AM IST

"Under Section 243 Cr.P.C. it is obligatory on the part of the Trial Court to issue process when the accused seeks summoning of any witness or production of any document in his defence. The only ground on which such an application can be refused is if the same was vexatious, delayed or would defeat the ends of justice."

Delhi High Court has recently observed that issuing process for an application filed under section 243 of the Cr.P.C by the Trial Court was obligatory unless for reasons recorded, it is held that such application is vexatious, delayed or defeats the ends of justice. The order came based on a petition filed against a judgment of a Trial Court which had dismissed an application...

Defence Evidence: Application U/S 243CrPC Cannot Be Rejected Unless It Is Vexatious, Delayed or Would Defeat The Ends of Justice:Delhi HC

Shreyasi Bhattacharya

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