ORDER :

The prosecuting agency, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), by the instant petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, ‘Cr.P.C.’), has laid challenge to order dated 25th of January, 2019, passed by Special Judge, Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities Cases), Jodhpur (for short, ‘learned trial Court’). By the order impugned, learned trial Court thwarted application of CBI for recording statements of Ms. Amber B. Carr, a prosecution witness, through video teleconference in Sessions Case No.97/2011.

2. Succinctly stated, the facts of the case are that, at the threshold, an FIR No.383/11 was registered with Police Station, Bilara, Jodhpur Rural, against one Sohanlal Bishnoi for offence punishable under Section 365/120-B IPC. Subsequently, on a request being made by the State Government, investigation of the case was entrusted to CBI, wherein Sohanlal Bishnoi was castigated for abduction of one Ms. Bhanwari Devi w/o Amarchand Nut. Initially, charge-sheet in the matter was filed on 2nd of December, 2011, however, during investigation on the basis of material collected by CBI many facts/events unfurled and that necessitat