NATASHA SINGH Vs. CBI
LAWS(SC)-2013-5-31
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA (FROM: DELHI)
Decided on May 08,2013

Natasha Singh Appellant
VERSUS
CBI Respondents





Cited Judgements :-

PANKAJ KUMAR MINOR VS. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND [LAWS(UTN)-2015-5-102] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF SIKKIM VS. SHRI PREM SINGH TAMANG S/O KALU SINGH TAMANG, SINGLING BUSTY, P.O. SORENG, WEST SIKKIM [LAWS(SIK)-2016-11-2] [REFERRED TO]
JASPAL KAUR VS. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS. [LAWS(P&H)-2015-10-142] [REFERRED TO]
SANT GURMEET RAM RAHIM SINGH VS. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION [LAWS(P&H)-2016-3-56] [REFERRED TO]
SANJAY GOYAL VS. STATE OF HYAENA AND ANOTHER [LAWS(P&H)-2013-10-703] [REFERRED]
KHOOB SINGH VS. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH [LAWS(MPH)-2018-3-55] [REFERRED TO]
SANDEEP MISHRA VS. ABHISHEK GOYAL [LAWS(MPH)-2016-8-4] [REFERRED TO]
SANJAY SHARMA VS. BASANT RAM VERMA [LAWS(HPH)-2017-4-53] [REFERRED TO]
RAJU S/O VENKAPPA CHOPADE VS. JAGANATH TRADERS [LAWS(KAR)-2019-3-234] [REFERRED TO]
TEENA VS. STATE OF KERALA [LAWS(KER)-2022-2-28] [REFERRED TO]
M. LALITHA VS. STATE [LAWS(MAD)-2015-2-110] [REFERRED TO]
PERIYASWAMY M. VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA [LAWS(KAR)-2022-7-1552] [REFERRED TO]
JAGAT SINH LALJI BHAI VASAVA VS. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION [LAWS(GAU)-2019-11-98] [REFERRED TO]
BALWANT SINGH VS. GULSHER ALI [LAWS(HPH)-2015-7-56] [REFERRED TO]
SANJIVKUMAR RAJENDRABHAI BHATT VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2022-8-1225] [REFERRED TO]
SANDEEP KUMAR YADAV VS. STATE OF U.P. AND ORS. [LAWS(ALL)-2019-9-415] [REFERRED TO]
HARIBHAN SINGH VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2024-3-27] [REFERRED TO]
RITURAJ SINGH VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2024-7-4] [REFERRED TO]
OMKAR LAL VS. STATE OF UP [LAWS(ALL)-2014-10-27] [REFERRED TO]
VINOD KUMAR CHAUHAN VS. STATE THR. CBI & ORS. [LAWS(DLH)-2016-12-121] [REFERRED TO]
COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION VS. DHANRAJ [LAWS(DLH)-2017-3-115] [REFERRED TO]
ASHOK KUMAR BIND VS. STATE NCT OF DELHI [LAWS(DLH)-2016-9-157] [REFERRED]
STATE OF HARYANA VS. RAM MEHAR & OTHERS ETC. ETC. [LAWS(SC)-2016-8-41] [REFERRED TO]
MR. GOPAL PRADHAN VS. STATE OF SIKKIM [LAWS(SIK)-2016-6-2] [REFERRED]
MANOJ KUMAR VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-2023-1-213] [REFERRED TO]
VARUN ENTERPRISES VS. SUNITA PUNIA AND ANOTHER [LAWS(P&H)-2015-9-473] [REFERRED TO]
SURESH @ DHANASEKAR VS. STATE, REP. BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE, COIMBATORE DISTRICT [LAWS(MAD)-2013-9-11] [REFERRED TO]
SMALL PHAWA VS. STATE OF MEGHALAYA [LAWS(MEGH)-2019-4-7] [REFERRED TO]
PARAMJIT KAUR THANDI VS. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS [LAWS(P&H)-2019-3-97] [REFERRED TO]
RAJESH KUSHWAH VS. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH [LAWS(MPH)-2018-2-246] [REFERRED TO]
LAXMINARAYAN AGRAWAL VS. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH [LAWS(MPH)-2019-1-198] [REFERRED TO]
AMBIKESH SONI VS. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH [LAWS(MPH)-2019-4-122] [REFERRED TO]
SUBRATA DAS VS. STATE OF JHARKHAND [LAWS(JHAR)-2019-2-102] [REFERRED TO]
PATEL JAYANTIBHAI MAFATLAL VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2018-3-6] [REFERRED TO]
BABU RAM VS. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER [LAWS(ALL)-2016-8-337] [REFERRED TO]
ASHOK KUMAR PATHAK VS. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION [LAWS(ALL)-2020-8-62] [REFERRED TO]
JEESHAN VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2021-12-122] [REFERRED TO]
RAJESH VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2022-2-107] [REFERRED TO]
SURENDRA SINGH BAGGA S/O LATE GYANI INDER SINGH VS. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH [LAWS(CHH)-2016-7-64] [REFERRED]
NATASHA SINGH VS. CBI (STATE) [LAWS(DLH)-2017-8-209] [REFERRED TO]
PROTIMA DUTTA VS. STATE OF WEST BENGAL [LAWS(CAL)-2022-6-27] [REFERRED TO]
KANUPRIYA SINHA VS. STATE OF HARYANA [LAWS(P&H)-2020-2-350] [REFERRED TO]
HENA KHATOON VS. STATE OF KERALA [LAWS(KER)-2024-6-256] [REFERRED TO]
GONGOTRI HEIGHTS DEVELOPERS PVT. LTD. & ANR. VS. SASANKA SEKHAR MOHAPATRA [LAWS(ORI)-2019-12-11] [REFERRED TO]
MANJU DEVI VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER [LAWS(SC)-2019-4-70] [REFERRED TO]
ASHISH KUMAR MISHRA VS. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH [LAWS(MPH)-2024-7-26] [REFERRED TO]
PERIYASAMY VS. STATE [LAWS(MAD)-2015-8-46] [REFERRED TO]
ABHIJEET SINGH VS. STATE OF PUNJAB [LAWS(P&H)-2019-5-420] [REFERRED TO]
RAJESH TALWAR VS. C.B.I. [LAWS(SC)-2013-10-21] [REFERRED TO]
BABLU KUMAR VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(SC)-2015-7-48] [REFERRED TO]
RAMESH CHAND VS. CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA [LAWS(HPH)-2017-6-128] [REFERRED TO]
AJEET KUMAR VS. ALOK KUMAR [LAWS(MPH)-2016-3-103] [REFERRED TO]
DEEPAK KUMAR VS. STATE OF H.P. [LAWS(HPH)-2014-8-74] [REFERRED TO]
SUNIL HORIZON @ SUNIL CHANDRA HORIZON VS. MINOTI DAS AND OTHERS [LAWS(GAU)-2017-8-162] [REFERRED TO]
IQBAL AHMED ABDUL KARIM KHATRI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2023-8-126] [REFERRED TO]
HUSSAIN VS. STATE OF KERALA [LAWS(KER)-2022-11-205] [REFERRED TO]
MENASHI RAJABHAI KATHAD VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2016-11-21] [REFERRED TO]
CHANDRAKANTH VS. SARITHA [LAWS(KAR)-2015-3-346] [REFERRED TO]
KALUWA VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2017-1-266] [REFERRED TO]
MADHUSUDAN SHUKLA VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2022-6-14] [REFERRED TO]
PRADEEP KUMAR JAIN VS. STATE OF U. P. [LAWS(ALL)-2022-7-243] [REFERRED TO]
HIRA ANKUSH MANGAVDE VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2014-4-69] [REFERRED TO]
GAJRAJ SINGH VS. STATE OF U.P. AND ORS. [LAWS(ALL)-2015-12-205] [REFERRED TO]
YARRAMADHA ASHOK VS. GADE RAM REDDY AND ANOTHER [LAWS(APH)-2016-4-83] [REFERRED TO]
MADAN LAL VS. STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS. [LAWS(P&H)-2015-8-115] [REFERRED TO]
SELVI J. JAYALALITHAA VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA [LAWS(SC)-2013-9-88] [REFERRED TO]
RAJESH GUPTA VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2014-5-43] [REFERRED TO]
BHAWANI SINGH VS. STATE OF M.P. [LAWS(MPH)-2019-3-168] [REFERRED TO]
CHANDRA MOHAN SAHU VS. STATE OF M. P. [LAWS(MPH)-2021-3-38] [REFERRED TO]
SANT GURMEET RAM RAHIM SINGH VS. CBI [LAWS(P&H)-2014-12-26] [REFERRED TO]
MILAN PAUL VS. RIKTA PAUL [LAWS(TRIP)-2022-6-15] [REFERRED TO]
GAFFUR KHAN VS. KISHAN LAL [LAWS(RAJ)-2015-2-419] [REFERRED TO]
BALWANT SINGH VS. MAMUDEEN [LAWS(HPH)-2015-7-55] [REFERRED TO]
ANIL BALAGAR @ ANIL S/O BASANNA BALAGAR VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA [LAWS(KAR)-2018-8-9] [REFERRED TO]
JAYKANT NAYAK VS. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH [LAWS(CHH)-2022-12-70] [REFERRED TO]
ANIL KUMAR VS. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH [LAWS(CHH)-2016-3-24] [REFERRED TO]
SHANKAR LOTLIKAR VS. PUNDALIK VENKTESH VERLEKAR, SON OF VENKTESH VERLEKAR [LAWS(BOM)-2020-3-530] [REFERRED TO]
SANJAY VASANT KADAM AND ORS. VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2015-10-154] [REFERRED TO]
STATE ACB REP. VS. M.BALAKRISHNA REDDY [LAWS(APH)-2023-7-27] [REFERRED TO]
ANJUMA BEGUM VS. STATE OF ASSAM [LAWS(GAU)-2023-1-87] [REFERRED TO]
LOKNATH SONOWAL VS. AJOY PODDAR [LAWS(GAU)-2023-9-9] [REFERRED TO]
HARMEHTAB SINGH RAREWALA VS. GAURAV JAIN AND ANOTHER [LAWS(P&H)-2018-8-121] [REFERRED TO]
RAJESH DAS VS. STATE [LAWS(MAD)-2023-4-136] [REFERRED TO]
SALMAN KHAN VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-2015-7-276] [REFERRED TO]
PAWAN KUMAR VS. STATE OF H.P. [LAWS(HPH)-2024-9-20] [REFERRED TO]
SUMITRA DEVI VS. KAPOOR CHAND [LAWS(HPH)-2023-5-4] [REFERRED TO]
SUSANTA KUMAR MOHARANA VS. STATE OF ORISSA [LAWS(ORI)-2013-7-24] [REFERRED TO]
PARKSON ESTATE & INDUSTRIES AND ORS. VS. TRINITY TRADING AND ORS. [LAWS(KER)-2015-11-160] [REFERRED TO]
VIJYADAS K. V. VS. STATE OF KERALA [LAWS(KER)-2017-7-73] [REFERRED TO]
VINCENT; SIKANTHAR MOHIDEEN VS. STATE [LAWS(MAD)-2016-8-267] [REFERRED]
CHAND PATRAKAR VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2021-12-132] [REFERRED TO]
RAM NAYAK SINGH VS. STATE OF UP [LAWS(ALL)-2022-1-123] [REFERRED TO]
GYAN CHANDRA VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2023-3-46] [REFERRED TO]
VIPIN KUMAR VS. STATE OF DELHI & ANR. [LAWS(DLH)-2017-11-330] [REFERRED TO]
DR. SAURAV KUMAR GOGOI VS. SRI UPEN CHANDRA DAS AND THE STATE OF ASSAM [LAWS(GAU)-2013-11-57] [REFERRED TO]
NITIN @ MENU VS. STATE [LAWS(DLH)-2014-9-459] [REFERRED]
K. RAWINDRA REDDY VS. THE STATE OF A.P. AND ORS. [LAWS(APH)-2015-11-3] [REFERRED TO]
SHIV KUMAR YADAV VS. STATE [LAWS(DLH)-2015-3-15] [REFERRED TO]
LAKU CHANDA VS. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (ACB), GUWAHATI [LAWS(GAU)-2021-12-40] [REFERRED TO]
RAMESHBHAI CHANDUBHAI VASAVA VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2016-8-10] [REFERRED TO]
NAGARAJ VS. STATE REP. BY ITS INSPECTOR OF POLICE [LAWS(MAD)-2013-9-47] [REFERRED TO]
HENA KHATOON VS. SHAHAJADHA KHAN [LAWS(KER)-2024-6-67] [REFERRED TO]
SIDHESWAR ENTERPRISES VS. DEEKAY MOTORS [LAWS(HPH)-2014-8-85] [REFERRED TO]
SATINDER GIRI VS. STATE OF H.P. [LAWS(HPH)-2022-12-69] [REFERRED TO]
SANDEEP SHARMA VS. STATE OF H.P. [LAWS(HPH)-2023-12-79] [REFERRED TO]
MD. MANSOOR @ MANSOOR ALAM @ MANSOOR ALI, SON OF SAJJAD MIYA VS. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND [LAWS(JHAR)-2016-8-109] [REFERRED TO]
BACHNA SINGH @ BACHCHA SINGH VS. STATE OF JHARKHAND [LAWS(JHAR)-2015-1-21] [REFERRED TO]
ANIL CHAUHAN VS. ONAM EDUCATION SOCIETY [LAWS(HPH)-2014-9-2] [REFERRED TO]
SEPHY AND ORS. VS. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION [LAWS(KER)-2019-12-436] [REFERRED TO]
DINUBHAI BOGHABHAI SOLANKI VS. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION [LAWS(GJH)-2018-4-69] [REFERRED TO]
SUNIL TANDI VS. STATE OF C. G. [LAWS(CHH)-2021-9-73] [REFERRED TO]
MONIS KHAN VS. VINOD KUMAR [LAWS(DLH)-2020-2-250] [REFERRED TO]
KRISHAN KUMAR VS. STATE (GNCT) OF DELHI [LAWS(DLH)-2022-1-216] [REFERRED TO]
GEETA VS. STATE OF U. P. [LAWS(ALL)-2022-8-126] [REFERRED TO]
SRIVALLI SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT PVT. LTD. VS. STATE OF A.P. [LAWS(APH)-2024-6-66] [REFERRED TO]
BABUL SAIKIA VS. STATE OF ASSAM [LAWS(GAU)-2022-3-34] [REFERRED TO]
SIYA RAM JAT VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-2020-1-162] [REFERRED TO]
MANOHARAN VS. STATE [LAWS(MAD)-2015-4-279] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF TRIPURA VS. PANNA AHAMED [LAWS(TRIP)-2019-5-15] [REFERRED TO]
BASANT KUMAR VS. BURJ MUHAR PETRO CENTRE [LAWS(P&H)-2014-10-255] [REFERRED]
KARTHIK S NAIR VS. STATE OF KERALA [LAWS(KER)-2023-8-182] [REFERRED TO]
S.P. CHOUDHARY VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(MPH)-2019-6-167] [REFERRED TO]
SUKHDEV RAJ JOSHI VS. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION [LAWS(P&H)-2020-1-175] [REFERRED TO]
NASIR KHAN (MD.) VS. STATE OF MEGHALAYA [LAWS(MEGH)-2022-5-20] [REFERRED TO]
KULDEEP SINGH TOMAR VS. STATE OF M P [LAWS(MPH)-2018-3-294] [REFERRED TO]
RAJIV SOOD VS. STATE OF PUNJAB [LAWS(P&H)-2015-8-255] [REFERRED TO]
JASBIR KAUR VS. STATE OF PUNJAB [LAWS(P&H)-2014-5-772] [REFERRED TO]
ATUL SOOD VS. KOTAK MOHINDRA PRIME LTD. [LAWS(P&H)-2023-3-159] [REFERRED TO]
PARAMJEET SINGH VS. STATE OF J & K [LAWS(J&K)-2019-4-116] [REFERRED TO]
NISHA VS. STATE OF HARYANA [LAWS(P&H)-2022-5-210] [REFERRED TO]
ASHA RANJAN VS. STATE OF BIHAR & ORS. [LAWS(SC)-2017-2-41] [REFERRED TO]
DEEPAK BADAL VS. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH [LAWS(MPH)-2019-10-267] [REFERRED TO]
JAGDISH SINGH VS. STATE OF M.P. [LAWS(MPH)-2021-12-125] [REFERRED TO]
SANT SHRI ASHARAMJI BAPU S/O THEVARDASS @ THERUMAL, BY CASTE SINDHI, AGED ABOUT 78 YEARS, RESIDENT OF SANT SHRI ASHARAMJI ASHRAM, MOTERA ROAD, SABARMATI, POLICE STATION VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-2016-11-78] [REFERRED TO]
SUNIL BHAGAT @ SUNIL GUPTA, SON OF BINOD BHAGAT @ BINOD GUPTA, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE HIRASAR BANDH, P.O., P.S. & DISTRICT JAMTARA VS. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND [LAWS(JHAR)-2017-3-18] [REFERRED TO]
SANJEEV SINGH VS. STATE OF JHARKHAND [LAWS(JHAR)-2022-3-45] [REFERRED TO]
NARANBHAI DAYALJIBHAI SAVANI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2019-8-67] [REFERRED TO]
AMARNATH TIWARI VS. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) [LAWS(DLH)-2022-1-244] [REFERRED TO]
SUKHVINDER SINGH @ GAGGA VS. STATE (GNCTD OF DELHI) [LAWS(DLH)-2022-5-110] [REFERRED TO]
IMRAN KARIMBHAI MADAM VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2022-12-468] [REFERRED TO]
SAKET SHARMA VS. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH [LAWS(CHH)-2024-3-47] [REFERRED TO]
ASAD ALI VS. STATE OF U P & ONE ANOTHER [LAWS(ALL)-2017-12-82] [REFERRED TO]
BHEEM SINGH VS. STATE OF U.P [LAWS(ALL)-2022-1-53] [REFERRED TO]
COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION VS. MAHENDER SINGH MANAN [LAWS(DLH)-2017-3-359] [REFERRED TO]
ASHOK SIRPAUL VS. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION [LAWS(DLH)-2017-7-93] [REFERRED TO]
KIRTI V. AMBANI VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(BOM)-2014-7-42] [REFERRED TO]
INDERJEET KAUR KALSI VS. NCT OF DELHI [LAWS(DLH)-2013-11-233] [REFERRED TO]
ASHUTOSH VERMA VS. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH [LAWS(MPH)-2021-8-61] [REFERRED TO]
YASMEEN MOHAMMED ZAHID VS. NATIONAL INVESTIGATING AGENCY, REPRESENTED BY DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL INVESTIGATING AGENCY, KOCHI UNIT, COCHIN 682001. [LAWS(KER)-2017-12-258] [REFERRED TO]
RANJIT SINGH VS. BOOTA SINGH [LAWS(P&H)-2015-8-15] [REFERRED TO]
BIRESH BARMAN VS. STATE OF MEGHALAYA [LAWS(MEGH)-2022-2-21] [REFERRED TO]
SANDEEP KUMAR VS. STATE OF PUNJAB [LAWS(P&H)-2020-1-151] [REFERRED TO]
HANUMAN & ANR. VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-2014-3-310] [REFERRED TO]
JAIDEO VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2021-1-75] [REFERRED TO]
MUKUL MOHAN TRIPATHI VS. STATE OF U P AND ANOTHER [LAWS(ALL)-2016-5-310] [REFERRED]
COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION VS. BALWAN SINGH KHOKHAR S/O PURAN SINGH R/O WZ [LAWS(DLH)-2017-3-252] [REFERRED TO]
DUNI CHAND VS. GODAWARI [LAWS(HPH)-2017-7-166] [REFERRED TO]
RAM SINGH VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2015-12-38] [REFERRED TO]
MOHD ANISH VS. STATE (NCT) DELHI [LAWS(DLH)-2015-10-520] [REFERRED]
PURSHOTTAMBHAI ODHAVJIBHAI SOLANKI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2024-7-103] [REFERRED TO]
SAURAV KUMAR GOGOI VS. UPEN CHANDRA DAS [LAWS(GAU)-2013-11-16] [REFERRED TO]
RAHAS BEHARI SANTY VS. STATE OF ORISSA [LAWS(ORI)-2016-12-66] [REFERRED TO]


JUDGEMENT

- (1.)Leave granted.
(2.)This appeal has been preferred against the impugned judgment and order dated 8.4.2013 in Criminal Misc. Case No.1324 of 2013, passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi, by way of which it has affirmed the order dated 16.3.2013, passed by the Trial Court, dismissing the application filed by the appellant under Section 311 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Cr.P.C.'), observing that examination of the witnesses sought to be examined by the appellant-accused was in fact unnecessary, and would in no way assist in the process of arriving at a just decision with respect to the case.
(3.)Facts and circumstances giving rise to this appeal are as under:
A. An FIR dated 10.8.1998 was registered under Section 120B read with Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as the 'IPC') and Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act 1988') against the appellant and other accused persons. After the conclusion of the investigation, a chargesheet was filed on 19.7.2001 by the investigating agency, i.e., CBI against Smt. Rita Singh (A-1), Mrs. Natasha Singh (A-2), appellant, and Mr. Y.V. Luthra (A-3), a Public Servant.

B. In view thereof, charges were framed by the learned Trial Court on 5.5.2003 against all the three accused.

C. In support of its case, the prosecution examined 52 witnesses in the course of over 50 hearings and subsequent thereto, the statement of the appellant-accused was recorded on 28-29.1.2013 and 5.2.2013.

The appellant, in her defence examined only one witness, namely, Sudhir Kumar (DW-2) and after proving certain documents closed her defence on 18.2.2013. The other accused, namely, Mr. Y.V. Luthra concluded his defence on 19.2.2013, after examining two defence witnesses, namely, Mr. A.K. Saxena and Mr. Satpal Arora. The Trial Court thereafter, fixed the date for hearing final arguments as 5.3.2013. The appellant preferred an application under Section 311 Cr.P.C. on 5.3.2013 for permission to examine three witnesses. The said application was dismissed by the Trial Court vide order dated 16.3.2013, against which the Criminal Misc. petition filed by the appellant was also dismissed by the High Court, by way of impugned order dated 8.4.2013.

Hence, this appeal.



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