Victim Has Right To Assist The Court In A Trial Before The Magistrate: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

7 Aug 2019 5:46 PM IST

"The Magistrate may consider as to whether the victim is in a position to assist the Court and as to whether the trial does not involve such complexities which cannot be handled by the victim."

The Supreme Court has observed that, though the Magistrate is not bound to grant permission to a victim to conduct prosecution at the mere asking but the victim has a right to assist the Court in a trial before the Magistrate. The bench comprising of Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice Hemant Gupta observed that if the magistrate is satisfied that the victim is in a position to assist the...

Victim Has Right To Assist The Court In A Trial Before The Magistrate: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

"The Magistrate may consider as to whether the victim is in a position to assist the Court and as to whether the trial does not involve such complexities which cannot be handled by the victim."

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