Mr. Raj Shekhar Attri, J. (Oral) - This is a petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure for setting aside order dated 13.7.2018 (Annexure P-6) passed by learned Judge, Special Court, Jalandhar whereby cross-examination of a material witness namely ASI Nirmal Singh has been ordered to be treated as Nil emanating from case FIR No.263 dated 14.10.2017 registered at Police Station Adampur, District Jalandhar (Rural) under Section 21 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.

Notice of motion.

2. On the asking of the Court, Mr. Saurav Khurana, DAG, Punjab, who is present in Court, accepts notice on behalf of the State.

3. On 5.6.2018, the case was fixed for recording evidence of the prosecution witness. On that day, one PW namely Nirmal Singh was present but the same was deferred on the request of the learned defence counsel on the ground that an application for summoning the call details of the telephone numbers of the police officials, as such, learned Judge has passed the following order on 5.6.2018:

“Examination in chief of PW ASI Nirmal Singh is recorded but his cross examination deferred at the request of the learned defence counsel on the ground tha