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Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) 1973 Complaints to Magistrates

In the interest of justice a Magistrate has power to try a summons case as a warrant case, wherein the offence to be tried thereunder is punishable with the imprisonment

exceeding 6 months

exceeding 4 months

exceeding 1 year

none of the above

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Explanation:

Section 259 of Code of Criminal Procedure –
259. Power of Court to convert summons-cases into warrant cases. When in the course of the trial of a summons-case relating to an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding six months, it appears to the Magistrate that in the interests of justice, the offence should be tried in accordance with the procedure for the trial of warrant- cases, such Magistrate may proceed to re-hear the case in the manner provided by this Code for the trial of warrant-cases and may recall any witness who may have been examined.