Power of the court to convert summons cases into warrant cases is provided under which one of the following Sections of the Cr. P.C. ?

Section 302
Section 259
Section 301
Section 322

The correct answer is (b), Section 259 of the Cr. P.C.

Section 259 of the Cr. P.C. states that “When, in any case instituted on a complaint, the court is of opinion that the accused has absconded or is concealing himself so that he cannot be arrested or is likely to abscond or conceal himself, or that the case is one of a serious nature, the court may, after giving the accused an opportunity to be heard, issue a warrant for his arrest.”

Section 302 of the Cr. P.C. deals with murder, Section 301 of the Cr. P.C. deals with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and Section 322 of the Cr. P.C. deals with voluntarily causing hurt. These sections do not deal with the power of the court to convert summons cases into warrant cases.