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There Is No Provision in Law to Serve Summons Through WhatsApp: Kerala HC [READ ORDER]

Lawstreet Journal 26 Apr 2021 8:37pm

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The Kerala High Court while hearing a Criminal Miscellaneous Case filed by Anoop Jacob, a Member of Legislative Assembly of Kerala, observed that the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 does not allow for service of summons through WhatsApp.

The matter was heard by a single-Judge Bench of the High court comprising Justice V.G.Arun.

The matter related to a criminal case pending against the MLA before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (Special Court for Cases related to MPs/MLAs), Ernakulam. In this case, the MLA is accused of offences under Sections 143 (Unlawful Assembly), 147 (Rioting), 149 (Unlawful Assembly), 269 (Negligent act likely to spread infectious disease), 271 (Disobedience to quarantine rules) and 188 (Disobedience to rules promulgated by public officials) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and other offences under state statutes for organising protests ignoring the COVID-19 lockdown rules.

After the accused MLA failed to appear for hearing the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate issued a non-bailable warrant. 

In the petition before the High Court, the petitioner was challenging the non-bailable warrant issued against him. It is the case of the petitioner that the summons for the hearings before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate was served to him through WhatsApp. The petitioner argues that the summons did not come to his notice as he does not use the messaging application and has not even downloaded it.

The High Court referred to the provisions related to the service of summons in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 as given in Sections 62 and 65. 

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