Supreme Court flags practice of trial courts remanding accused to custody the moment they appear in response to summoning order
A bench of Justices V Ramasubramanian and Pankaj Mithal noted that the said practice was prevalent in some parts of the country and its correctness will have to be examined in an appropriate case.
Justice V. Ramasubramanian and Justice Pankaj Mithal
The Supreme Court recently flagged the practice of trial courts remanding accused to custody the moment they appear pursuant to summoning order [Mahdoom Bava vs Central Bureau of Investigation].