JUDGMENT :

1. By way of present revision application filed under Section 397 read with Section 401 of the Code of Criminal procedure (hereinafter referred to as the “Code” for short), the applicant assails the order dated 18.03.2021 passed by the learned Special Judge (NDPS) and 5th Additional Sessions Judge, Banaskantha at Palanpur, below Exh:67 in Special (NDPS) Case No.3/2018, whereby, the learned Special Judge allowed the application filed by the respondent No.2 herein under Section 307 read with Section 306 of the Code seeking his pardon by promising to reveal and disclose the whole truth and give evidence on behalf of the prosecution.

2. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned order, the applicant has come up before this Court by this revision application under Section 397 read with Section 401 of the Code.

3. The applicant and respondent No.2 are facing trial in the court of learned Special Judge, Banaskantha at Palanpur, in Special (NDPS) Case No.3/2018 for the offences under Sections 120(b), 117, 167, 204, 343, 465, 471 read with Section 120(b) of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 17, 18, 21, 27(A), 29, 58(1) and 58(2) of the Narcotic Drugs Psychotropic Substanc