O R D E R

This Criminal original petition is filed challenging the order dated

30.06.2025 passed in Crl.MP.No.4088 of 2025 by the learned XV Metropolitan Magistrate, George Town, Chennai. By the said order the application filed by the petitioner under Section 311 of Code of Criminal Procedure to recall D.W.1 for the purpose of marking a newspaper cutting was dismissed by the trial court.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the trial court dismissed the petition on the ground that the contents of the newspaper publication cannot be relied upon. The trial court did not understand the purpose for which the newspaper cutting was sought to be marked by the defence. It is not for relying upon the contents of the newspaper publication, but only to prove the fact that after seeing the newspaper only the petitioner went to the police station. Therefore, to that limited extent, the trial court ought to have permitted the petitioner to mark the said newspaper cutting.

3. The learned counsel would also submit that the reason for not marking the same, while originally examining DW.1 is that, the entire newspaper cutting that was kept by the petitioner got completely damaged