Summons warrant and cancellation of warrants are the form of procedure and proceedings in a criminal case. Summons are also issued in civil matters and specifically, summons is a norm, in a civil case.
Summons shall be employed as a legal order which is authenticated by judicial officer to call upon Defendant, accused or witness with respect to a legal proceeding. On the other hand, warrant is issued by the court that is empowering the police officer to perform an act with the permission of the judicial officer.
Summons in short can be narrated as an instruction or instrument that calls for a particular person or a document to be produced before the court. On the other hand Warrant authorizes the police officer to catch hold of accused and produce him before the court.
The main objective of summons is to notify the person that he has an obligation and he needs to appear before the court which has issued the respective summons and on the other hand warrant shall be also addressed as a strict instruction that accounts for the person to be produced in front of the court who has earlier ignored the summons and has not appeared before the court.
Once the Accused has appeared before the court then the warrant needs to be cancelled that was issued earlier and bail needs to be taken before the Hon’ble court along with PR bond.
