law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  
  259.Power of Court to convert summons-cases into warrant-cases.-
  When in the course of the trial of a
  
  summons-case relating to an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term
  
  exceeding six months, it appears to the Magistrate that in the interests of
  
  justice, the offence should be tried in accordance with the procedure for the
  
  trial of warrant-cases, such Magistrate may proceed to re-hear the case in the
  
  manner provided by this Code for the trial of warrant-cases and may re-call any
  
  witness who may have been examined.