be tried together with the accused, the Court may proceed against such person for the offence which he appears to have committed. (2) …. (3) …. (4) ….” 15. Having taken note of the provision, we will note the principles laid down by a Constitution Bench of this Court in Hardeep Singh v. State of Punjab, (2014) 3 SCC 92, for criminal courts to follow while exercising power under Section 319 Cr.P.C.: “94. In Pyare Lal Bhargava v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1963 SC 1094, a four-Judge Bench of this 1 Gurmail Singh v. State of UP, (2022) 10 SCC 684. 6Court was concerned with the meaning of the word “appear”. The Court held that the appropriate meaning of the word “appears” is “seems”. It imports a lesser degree of probability than proof. In Ram Singh v. Ram Niwas, (2009) 14 SCC 25, a two-Judge Bench of this Court was again required to examine the importance of the word “appear” as appearing in the section. The Court held that for the fulfilment of the condition that it appears to the court