Sec 204, sec 205, sec 206, sec 207, sec 208, sec 209, sec 210 crpc code of criminal procedure 1973

#sec209crpc #sec210crpc #sec204crpc Sections 204-210, chapter XVI, talk about how a proceeding can be commenced before a magistrate. Under section 204 a magistrate can issue summon or warrant for the attendance of the accused after the witnesses of the prosecution have been filed. Under the old Code (i.e. the 1898 Code), it was necessary to refer to the fourth column of the Second Schedule to ascertain whether a summons or a warrant should be issued in a particular case. In the old code the classification of offences in the Schedule was, generally not based on any general principle, and was not the same as between a summons- case and a warrant-case, because in such condition there are possibilities that a warrant might have to be issued in a summons-case, and vice-versa. A simpler procedure was hence desirable, so that a summons could be issued in a summons-case, and a warrant in warrant-case, unless otherwise ordered by the Magistrate.

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