IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 16.12.2025 CORAM:

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA and Crl.M.P.No.24026 of 2025 Priyadharshini K. ... Petitioner Vs.

Dr.S.Kapil Dev Kumar ... Respondent PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita to set aside the order dated 10.11.2025 passed in Crl.M.P.No.14994 of 2025 in S.T.C.No.3455 of 2025 on the file of XXV Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore, Chennai and to reopen the defence evidence and permit the petitioner/accused to be examined as a competent witness..

For Petitioner : Mr.C.V.Kumar

O R D E R

This petition has been filed seeking to set aside the order dated

10.11.2025 in Crl.M.P.No.14994 of 2025 in S.T.C.No.3455 of 2025 on the file of XXV Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore, Chennai and to re-open the defence evidence and permit the petitioner/accused to be examined as a competent witness.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner had filed a petition in Crl.M.P.No.14994 of 2025 in STC No.3455 of 2025 to examine her as defence witness, whereas the Trial Court, by order dated 10.11.2025, without giving an opportunity to the petition