Satbir Singh vs Rajesh Kumar 2025 INSC 416 - S. 319 CrPC

Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 319 - The court holding a trial, if it intends to exercise power conferred by Section 319 CrPC, must not act mechanically merely on the ground that some evidence has come on record implicating the person sought to be summoned; its satisfaction preceding the order thereunder must be more than prima facie as formed at the stage of a charge being framed and short of satisfaction to an extent that the evidence, if unrebutted, would lead to conviction - Referred to Hardeep Singh v. State of Punjab (2014) 3 SCC 92 and Jitendra Nath Mishra v. State of Uttar Pradesh (2023) 7 SCC 344.

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