IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-45513-2023 (O&M) Date of decision: 01.04.2026 ANITA GUPTA ....Petitioner Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMAN CHAUDHARY Present : Mr. Bhavesh Aggarwal, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Manipal Singh Atwal, DAG, Punjab.

AMAN CHAUDHARY, J. (ORAL)

1. The present petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C., has been filed for quashing the order dated 19.08.2023, Annexure P-7, whereby evidence of the prosecution has been closed by order.

2. Learned counsel prays for one opportunity to get the cross-examination of the complainant-petitioner conducted through video conferencing, as she, aged 57 years, suffers from a serious heart ailment with a functional capacity of 2 0% and is also undergoing treatment for cancer, for which reference is made to the medical report, Annexure P-5, however vide the impugned o rder, the prosecution evidence was closed, which was stayed by this Court, vide order dated 14.09.2023.

3. Heard.

4. Hon’ble the Supreme Court in its landmark judgment of State of Maharashtra vs. Praful B. Desai , (2003) 4 SCC 601 has dealt in extenso with the issue with regard to recording of evidence through