ORDER :

The petitioner is the first accused in the case C.C.No.15/2011 pending in the Court of the Special Judge (SPE/CBI), Thiruvananthapuram.

2. The facts of the case do not need narration here. Suffice it to state that the offences alleged against the accused are punishable under Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and also under Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The trial of the case is in progress before the Special Court. The prosecution has examined 26 witnesses and marked 37 documents in the case. While so, the Public Prosecutor filed Annexure-A2 application in the Special Court under Section 91 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short 'the Code'). The prayer made in that application was to issue summons to Mr. M.V. Varghese, Assistant General Manager (Rtd), State Bank of Travancore, Pala Branch to produce certificate under Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act in respect of the documents which have already been marked as Exts.P6 and P17 to P20. The Public Prosecutor also filed another application under Section 311 of the Code for issuing summons to two additional witnesses, including Mr. M.V. Varghese.

4. The pe