Important Legal Definitions

The statutory power of a Sessions Court or High Court to call for and examine the records of any proceeding before an inferior criminal court to satisfy itself as to the correctness, legality, or propriety of any finding, sentence, or order.

A magistrate dismisses a criminal complaint at the Section 203 stage without recording the preliminary statements of the complainant; the complainant files a Criminal Revision before the Sessions Judge challenging the illegality of the dismissal.