ANU BALAJI. vs K.V. SATHYANARAYANA BABU — 3941/2023

Case Summary: CC 3941/2023 The Court of Small Causes, Bengaluru allowed complainant Anu Balaji's application under Section 311 of Cr.P.C to recall PW.1 (the GPA holder) for further chief examination. The complainant sought to produce an unregistered indenture of mutual confirmation, assurance and undertaking executed by accused K.V. Sathyanarayana Babu, which was unavailable earlier as it was held by the complainant outside India. The accused objected, claiming the document was insufficiently stamped and the application was dilatory. The court found the application justified, applying precedent that unregistered documents need not be subject to stamp duty/penalty requirements before admission, and permitted further evidence for proper adjudication. The accused retained the right to cross-examine PW.1 on the document. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.