VIJENDER JAIN, ACJ.

( 1 ) THIS petition has been filed inter alia, impugning the order passed by a learned Additional Sessions Judge trying Nitish Katara Murder case, which has already received disproportionate publicity in the newspapers. By the impugned order the learned judge had directed on an application moved by one of the witnesses, Ms. Bharti Yadav that presence of media and general public be dispensed with during the recording of her testimony and same shall be done in camera excluding media and general public from having access to the Court room where day-to-day proceedings are to be conducted for recording her statement w. e. f. 29. 11. 2006. The learned Sessions Judge has allowed special public prosecutor, Mr. Dey, counsel for the complainant, Mr. S. C. Bhuttan, counsel for the witness Bharti Yadav, Mr. G. K. Bharti, Mr. S. K. Sharma and Mr. Sushil Bajaj, the accused persons and parents of Ms. Bharti Yadav and the mother of deceased nitish Katara to be present in Court room during the deposition of Bharti Yadav. Mr. Saini, learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that the order impinges upon the freedom of press and the right of press to be present at the time