ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘CrPC’) for quashment of orders dated 29.01.2024 in Crl.R.P.No.8 of 2023 on the file of the Principal Sessions Judge at Mahabubabad wherein the order dated 31.10.2023 passed in Crl.M.P.No.1384 of 2023 in C.C.No.436 of 2014 on the file of the Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, at Mahabubabad has been affirmed.

2. I have heard Mr. Srinivasa Rao Pachwa, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, representing the respondent No.1-State.

3. The petitioner, being the de facto complainant, assails the concurrent findings of the courts below. The prosecution had moved an application under Section 159 of the Indian Evidence Act , 1872 (‘the IEA’), seeking the court’s permission to allow the de facto complainant, during his chief examination, to refer to the materials and documents annexed to his complaint. The application was premised on the ground that, due to the petitioner’s advanced age and attendant health ailments, such reference was essential to facilitate and accurately aid his testimony. The trial court dismi