Supreme Court Invalidates Trial Splitting under Section 317(2) of Cr.P.C. When Further Investigation is Ongoing
In a recent landmark decision, the Supreme Court declared that the division of a trial under Section 317(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.P.C.), 1973 is impermissible when a concurrent further investigation has been initiated. The ruling emphasized that such a division is also barred in the absence of a non-traceable certificate from the investigating …