Judgment

JUDGMENT:- The appellant is an accused in a criminal case pending before the trial court. The trial court has dispensed with the appellant personal appearance under Section 205 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and has permitted him to be represented at the trial through his counsel. On the conclusion of the trial the learned Magistrate directed the appellant to appear personally before the court for recording his statement as contemplated by Section 313 of the Code. The appellants request that his statement may be recorded through his counsel was rejected by the trial court and he was directed to appear before the court. The appellant challenged the order of the Magistrate before the High Court by means of Miscellaneous Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The High Court rejected the petition and refused to interfere with the order of the learned Magistrate. The appellant has challenged the order of the Magistrate and the High Court in the present appeal.

2. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties at some length, Mr. S. K. Puri, learned counsel appearing along with Mr. Rajinder Sachhar, stated on taking instructions, that the appellant doe