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ITEM NO.28 COURT NO.7 SECTION II-C
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 6288/2024
[Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 31-01-2024 in CRLOP(MD) No. 1370/2024 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Madras at Madurai]
CHRISTOPHER Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE Respondent(s)
(FOR ADMISSION ) Date : 20-12-2024 This petition was called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Vairawan A.s, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Mr. V.M. Eashwar, Adv. Ms. Aswani Satheesh, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R
1. In the present case, in a trial for offence under Sections 302
and 294(b) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the main witnesses PW-1
to PW-6 have been examined by the prosecution but the defence could
not cross-examine those witnesses on account of prolonged illness
of the advocate. However, an application under Section 311 of the
Code of Criminal Procedure for recall of those witnesses for cross-
examination filed by the accused had been reject...