DINESH KUMAR SHARMA
Ravi Lamba – Appellant
Versus
Rohit Sharma – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Dinesh Kumar Sharma, J. (Oral)
1. Present petition has been filed challenging the orders dated 25.07.2022 & 11.10.2022. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that his application filed under Section 311 Cr.P.C. was allowed vide order dated 25.07.2022. In the application filed under Section 311 Cr.P.C. read with Section 91 Cr.P.C. for recalling the complainant for further cross examination and for summoning of additional material witnesses, the court of learned MM passed a detailed order dated 25.07.2022 in which it was inter alia held as under:
"25.07.2022
Present: Sh. Raju Tiwari, proxy counsel for Sh. Dhruv Gautam,
Ld. Counsel for the complainant.
None on behalf of the accused.
1. Ld. Counsel for the accused has filed an application filed under section 311 of Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter Cr.P.C) read with 91 Cr.P.C filed on behalf of the accused for recalling the complainant for his cross examination under section 145(2) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter NI Act).
2. Briefly stated that the accused was examined under section 315 Cr.P.C. wherein the accused had deposed that only a loan of Rs.9.25 Lacs was advanced to him and that he had, at the instru
The duty of the criminal court is to ensure administration of justice and take all steps to facilitate the production of the best possible evidence for the adjudication of the dispute in accordance w....
Trial court has ample power to summon any person as witness for just decision of case.
The court emphasized that the power under Section 311 Cr.PC should be used judiciously and not as a means to delay proceedings or fill up lacunae in the prosecution's case.
Section 311 of the Code mandates courts to allow recalling witnesses if essential for achieving a just decision, reflecting the right to a fair trial.
The court emphasized the duty to discover the truth and the need to exercise the power under section 311 Cr.P.C. judiciously for the fair trial.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the power of a trial Court under Section 311 of Cr.P.C. to allow re-examination of a witness for the purpose of conducting cross-examination o....
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