ORAL ORDER

The petitioner is before this Court calling in question order dated 28-03-2024 passed rejecting the applications filed under Section 311 of the Cr.P.C. seeking to further cross-examine D.W.1.

2. Heard Sri Prajith C, learned counsel appearing for petitioner and Sri P Nehru, learned counsel appearing for respondent in Crl.P.No.3716 of 2024.

3. Facts in brief, germane, are as follows:

3.1. The petitioner in both these cases are common. The complainants differ. The petitioner is the complainant, the respondents are the accused. The accused in both these cases are husband and wife. A transaction between the complainant and the respondents/accused leads the accused to render cheques in favour of the complainant/petitioner. The cheques when presented are dishonoured for the reasons indicated therein. The dishonour of the cheques has led the complainant to file a private complaint under Section 200 of Cr.P.C. which later came to be numbered as C.C.Nos.5277 of 2018 and 5278 of 2018 before the concerned Court.

3.2. The issue in the lis is not with regard to the merit of the claim of the petitioner or the defence of the respondents accused. The issue is with regard to rejection of app