verification on affidavit can be given in complaint case prior to issue process
. In view of the above discussion, our conclusions are as under :
(i) For the purpose of issuing process under Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, it is open to the Magistrate to rely upon the verification in the form of affidavit filed by the complainant in support of the complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 and the Magistrate is not obliged to call upon the complainant to remain present before the Court, nor to examine the complainant or his witnesses upon oath for taking the decision whether or not to issue process on the complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. It is only if and where the Magistrate, after considering the complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 and the documents produced in support thereof and the verification in the form of affidavit of the complainant, is of the view that examination of the complainant or his witness is required, that the Magistrate may call upon the complainant to remain present before the Court and examine the complainant and/or his witness upon oath
(i) For the purpose of issuing process under Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, it is open to the Magistrate to rely upon the verification in the form of affidavit filed by the complainant in support of the complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 and the Magistrate is not obliged to call upon the complainant to remain present before the Court, nor to examine the complainant or his witnesses upon oath for taking the decision whether or not to issue process on the complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. It is only if and where the Magistrate, after considering the complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 and the documents produced in support thereof and the verification in the form of affidavit of the complainant, is of the view that examination of the complainant or his witness is required, that the Magistrate may call upon the complainant to remain present before the Court and examine the complainant and/or his witness upon oath
