Rakesh Rathore vs Ratanlal Rathore on 7 May, 2026

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    Rakesh Rathore vs Ratanlal Rathore on 7 May, 2026

             NEUTRAL CITATION NO. 2026:MPHC-IND:13151
    
    
    
    
                                                                  1                          MCRC-11514-2026
                                  IN     THE      HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH
                                                         AT INDORE
                                                            BEFORE
                                             HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE SANDEEP N. BHATT
                                                         ON THE 7 th OF MAY, 2026
                                                MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 11514 of 2026
                                                           RAKESH RATHORE
                                                                Versus
                                                          RATANLAL RATHORE
                               Appearance:
                                       Shri Arpit Gupta advocate for the petitioner.
    
                                       Shri Harshvardhan Pathak advocate for respondent.
    
                                                                      ORDER
    

    Heard learned counsel for the parties on admission.
    Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the dispute has arisen
    between the petitioner and accused Kamal over the illegal demand. The
    petitioner approached the police Station Bajana. However, instead of
    registering FIR, the police recorded only NCR under Section 155 of Cr.P.C.
    The petitioner approached the Superintendent of Police Ratlam. On the basis
    of CCTV footage, the SP directed registration of FIR No. 171/2022 under

    Sections 323, 384, 385, 504 and 506 of IPC. He has submitted that thereafter
    the security cheque was dishonestly misused to initiate retaliatory
    proceedings. He has submitted that the prosecution under Section 138 of
    Negotiable Instruments Act is a statutory presumption under Section 139 of
    NIA regarding legally enforceable debt and accused is entitled to rebut this
    presumption on preponderance of probabilities and by denying summoning

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    of NCR, the courts below have effectively curtailed the petitioner’s ability to
    establish prior hostility and absence of legally enforceable liability. He has
    submitted that right to defend is not illusory, it must be real and effective and
    denial of relevant defence evidence amounts to violation of Article 21 of
    Constitution of India. He has submitted that Section 311 Cr.P.C. empowers
    Court to summon any document or witness at any stage if it appears essential
    to the just decision of the case. He has submitted that the revisional Court
    has wrongly relied on the judgment passed in case of Sethuraman Vs. Raja
    Manickam (2000) 2 SCC Page 1. He has further submitted that considering
    these aspect the order passed by the learned JMFC dated 17.1.2026 which
    was confirmed by the revisional Court dated 20.2.2026 is erroneous and
    requires to be interfered with.

    Counsel for respondent has opposed the petition by submitting that all
    these facts was in the knowledge of petitioner since the year 2022, even
    certain questions were also asked to the complainant in cross-examination by
    defence counsel in the NIA proceedings. He further submits that the court
    can exercise power under Section 311 of Cr.P.C. but it could not be
    considered that such power can be exercised to fill up the lacuna. He has
    submitted that both the courts below have given cogent and convincing
    reasons on the basis of material available on record and the facts of the case
    which are consonance with the provisions of law, more particularly, law
    regarding Section 311 of Cr.P.C. He has submitted that the learned revisional
    Court has rightly referred to the case of Sethuraman (supra) . He has
    submitted that in fact the petitioner was aware about this factum since 2022

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    and has approached the Court at the fag end of trial that too after recording of
    evidence and both the Courts below have considered the conduct of
    petitioner as well as also material available on record. It is also recorded by
    the revisional Court in paras 6, 7 and 8 of the judgment that the complaint
    which is filed against the son of respondent Kamal is totally irrelevant and
    the proceedings regarding NCR under Section 155 Cr.P.C. are also irrelevant
    for consideration of the proceedings under Section 138 of NIA.Counsel for
    respondent in support of his submission has relied upon the judgment of
    Gujarat High Court in Special Criminal Appeal No. 8232/2018 and allied
    matters dated 31.08.2023 in the matter of Iqbal Ahmed Abdul Karim Khatri
    Vs. State of Gujarat
    and has submitted that no interference is required in the
    matter.

    I have heard learned counsel for the parties at length and perused the
    record.

    From bare perusal of the record it is prima facie found that the
    petitioner is having knowledge about the NCR proceedings in the year 2022.
    Thereafter he has participated in the proceedings under Negotiable
    Instruments Act
    . Not only that, it transpires that the petitioner has also cross-
    examined the complainant and has asked certain questions in his defence.
    Thereafter it transpires that the present application is filed under Section 311
    of Cr.P.C. For this purpose, it is relevant to refer to the observations in case
    of Iqbal Ahmed Abdul Karim Khatri (supra) which are reproduced
    hereunderbelow:-

    7.1 I have considered the rival submissions made at the bar by the
    respective parties. I have also perused the application as well as

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    impugned order passed by the trial court.

    7.2.1 It is fruitful of refer Section 311 of the Criminal Procedure
    Code, as under:

    “Section 311 in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973:-

    311. Power to summon material witness, or examine person
    present. Any Court may, at any stage of any inquiry, trial or other
    proceeding under this Code, summon any person as a witness, or
    examine any person in attendance, though not summoned as a
    witness, or. recall and re-examine any person already examined;

    and the Court shall summon and examine or recall and re-examine
    any such person if his evidence appears to it to be essential to the
    just decision of the case.”

    7.2.3 It is also fruitful to refer Section 138 of the Negotiable
    Instruments Act, 1881, as under:

    Section 138 in the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881:-

    138. Dishonour of cheque for insufficiency, etc., of funds in the
    account.–Where any cheque drawn by a person on an account
    maintained by him with a banker for payment of any amount of
    money to another person from out of that account for the
    discharge, in whole or in part, of any debt or other liability, is
    returned by the bank unpaid, either because of the amount of
    money standing to the credit of that account is insufficient to
    honour the cheque or that it exceeds the amount arranged to be
    paid from that account by an agreement made with that bank, such
    person shall be deemed to have committed an offence and shall,
    without prejudice to any other provisions of this Act, be punished
    with imprisonment for 19 a term which may be extended to two
    years], or with fine which may extend to twice the amount of the
    cheque, or with both: Provided that nothing contained in this
    section shall apply unless–

    (a) the cheque has been presented to the bank within a period of
    six months from the date on which it is drawn or within the period
    of its validity, whichever is earlier;

    (b) the payee or the holder in due course of the cheque, as the case
    may be, makes a demand for the payment of the said amount of
    money by giving a notice in writing, to the drawer of the cheque,
    20 [within thirty days] of the receipt of information by him from
    the bank regarding the return of the cheque as unpaid; and

    (c) the drawer of such cheque fails to make the payment of the
    said amount of money to the payee or, as the case may be, to the
    holder in due course of the cheque, within fifteen days of the
    receipt of the said notice.

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    Explanation.– For the purposes of this section, “debt or other
    liability” means a legally enforceable debt or other liability.”
    7.2.4 It is also fruitful to refer Section 2 of the Power of Attorney
    Holder Act, 1882, as under:

    Section 2 in The Powers-of-attorney act, 1882:-

    2. Execution under power-of-attorney.–The donee of a power-of-

    attorney may, if he thinks fit, execute or do any 3 [***] instrument
    or thing in and with his own name and signature, and his own seal,
    where sealing is required, by the authority of the donor of the
    power; and every 3 [***] instrument and thing so executed and
    done, shall be as effectual in law as if it had been executed or
    done by the donee of the power in the name, and with the
    signature and seal, of the donor thereof. This section applies to
    powers-of-attorney created by instruments executed either before
    or after this Act comes into force.”

    7.3 It becomes evident that the complaint is filed through the
    power of attorney holder under Section 138 of the N.I. Act.
    Further, the power-of-attorney holder has also deposed by way of
    affidavit, who was cross-examined by the defence. Thereafter, the
    matter is tested for three year and the stage of evidence to
    evidence further evidence is also closed by the trial court and
    matter is posed for recording further statement. It becomes evident
    that at this stage, the respondent No.2 – complainant has filed the
    application for opening his right with a view to lead his evidence.
    Once his power of attorney has already deposed before the trial
    court, normally, the Court should not permit the original
    complainant to depose as it is rightly contented by advocate for the
    petitioner that it amount to fill up the lacuna. 7.4.1 It is relevant to
    refer the judgment of the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of
    Rajendra Prasad versus Narcotic Cell through its Officer In
    Charge, Delhi reported in (2019) 14 SCC 328, more particularly,
    paragraphs 6, 7 and 11 are relevant, as under:

    “6. It is a common experience in criminal courts that defence
    counsel would raise objections whenever courts exercise powers
    under Section 311 of the Code or under Section 165 of the
    Evidence Act by saying that the Court could not fill the lacuna in
    the prosecution case’. A lacuna in prosecution is not to be equated
    with the fallout of an oversight committed by a public prosecutor
    during trial, either in producing relevant materials or in eliciting
    relevant answers from witnesses. The adage `to err is human’ is the
    recognition-of the possibility of making mistakes to which
    humans are proved. A corollary of any such latches or mistakes

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    during the conducting of a case cannot be understood as the lacuna
    which a court cannot fill up.

    7. Lacuna in the prosecution must be understood as the inherent
    weakness or a latent wedge in the matrix of the prosecution case.
    The advantage of it should normally go to the accused in the trail
    of the case, but an over sight in the management of the
    prosecution cannot be treated as irreparable lacuna. No parry in a
    trial can before-closed from correcting errors. If proper evidence
    was not adduced or a relevant material was not brought on record
    due to any inadvertence, the court should be magnanimous in
    permitting such mistakes to be rectified. After all, function of the
    criminal Court is administration of criminal justice and not to
    count errors committed by the parties or to find out and declare
    who among the parties performed better.

    11. We cannot therefore accept the contention of the appellant as a
    legal proposition that the Court cannot exercise power of re-
    summoning any witness if once that power was exercised, nor can
    the power be whittled down merely on the ground that prosecution
    discovered latches only when the defence highlighted them during
    final arguments, The power of the court is plenary to summon or
    even recall any witness at any stage of the case if the court
    considers it necessary for a just decision, The steps which the trial
    court permitted in this case for re-summoning certain witnesses
    cannot therefore be spurned down nor frowned at.”

    7.4.2 It is also relevant to refer the judgment of the Hon’ble Apex
    Court in the case of Vijay Kumar versus State of Uttar Pradesh,
    reported in (2011) 8 SCC 136, more particularly, paragraphs 7, 18
    and 20 are relevant, as under:

    “17. Though Section 311 confers vast discretion upon the court
    and is expressed in the widest possible terms, the discretionary
    power under the said Section can be invoked only for the ends of
    justice. Discretionary power should be exercised consistently with
    the provisions of the Code and the principles of criminal law. The
    discretionary power conferred under Section 311 has to be
    exercised judicially for reasons stated by the Court and not
    arbitrarily or capriciously. Before directing the learned Special
    Judge to examine Smt. Ruchi Saxena as a court witness, the High
    Court did not examine the reasons assigned by the learned Special
    Judge as to why it was not necessary to examine her as a court
    witness and has given the impugned direction without assigning
    any reason.

    18. The High Court failed to consider the case of the prosecution

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    that the application was submitted by the respondent No. 2 only to
    delay the trial and no case was made out by the respondent No. 2
    as to why direction should be given to examine Smt. Ruchi Saxena
    as a court witness. In a bribe case what is required to be proved by
    the prosecution is that there was a demand of bribe by the accused
    from the complainant and that pursuant to the said demand, bribe
    amount was accepted by the accused. To prove this case it was not
    necessary for the court to examine Smt. Ruchi Saxena as a court
    witness. Neither the respondent No. 2 in his application nor the
    court in the impugned judgment has specified the reason as to why
    and how examination of Smt. Ruchi Saxena as a court witness is
    necessary.

    20. If this is the approach to be made while deciding application
    under Section 311 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, this Court
    fails to understand as to how the evidence of Smt. Ruchi Saxena
    was relevant in the instant case and why direction should be given
    to examine her as a court witness, as she was neither present at the
    time when the bribe was demanded or even at the time when the
    trap was arranged and laid. Without examining the relevance of
    evidence, which may be tendered by Smt. Ruchi Saxena or the
    necessity of examining her as a court witness or examining the
    question of prejudice if at all which is likely to be caused to the
    defence, if she is not examined, the High Court has directed the
    learned Special Judge to examine Smt. Ruchi Saxena as a court
    witness. There is no manner of doubt that the power under Section
    311
    of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is exercised
    arbitrarily and, therefore, the impugned judgment is liable to be set
    aside.”

    7.4.3 It is also relevant to refer the judgment of the Hon’ble Apex
    Court in the case of Swapan Kumar Chatterjee v. C.B.I. reported
    in (2019) 14 SCC 328, whereby the Hon’ble Apex Court has
    observed that such application cannot be considered at the belated
    stage, if it is filed with a view to filling the lacuna in the evidence
    produced by the parties concerned.
    7.4.4 It is relevant to refer the
    judgment of this Court in the case of Naranbhai Dayaljibhai
    Savani versus State of Gujarat
    reported in 2019 (0) AIJEL-HC
    243128, more particularly, paragraphs 4 & 9 are relevant, as
    under:

    4. It appears that the petitioner (original accused) in various
    proceedings initiated under Section 138 of Negotiable Instrument
    Act moved applications under Section 311 of Code of Criminal
    Procedure for recalling of the witness viz. the complainant for

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    further cross examination. Before, present petitions are considered
    on merits, it is a matter of fact that the petitioner has not responded
    to the notice issued by the original complainant before institution
    of proceedings under Negotiable Instruments Act. Further, the
    complainant has been cross examined at the hands of the petitioner
    at length.

    5. According to the petitioner, there is no any due amount payable
    to the respondent – complainant in view of the fact that the
    respondent – complainant got registered documents from the
    petitioner’s son in respect of three flats. Such aspect of the matter
    was not brought on record, despite the fact that the petitioner’s
    advocate was informed and apprised about the said fact. In light of
    this position, the petitioner relieved his earlier advocate and
    engaged another advocate and therefore, the fact of registration of
    documents by the petitioner’s son requires to be brought on record,
    so as to prove that there is no amount due and payable by the
    petitioner towards the disputed cheques.

    6. Before the submissions made at bar are considered on its merits,
    it is necessary and relevant to reproduce observations made by the
    Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of Manju Devi v/s. State of
    Rajasthan and Anr. reported in 2019(2) Cri.CC 549, more
    particularly, para 9, which reads as under:-

    “9. Section 311 CrPC reads as under:-

    “311. Power to summon material witness, or examine person
    present: Any Court may, at any stage of any inquiry, trial or other
    proceeding under this Code, summon any person as a witness, or
    examine any person in attendance, though not summoned as a
    witness, or recall and re-examine any person already examined;
    and the Court shall summon and examine or recall and re-examine
    any such person if his evidence appears to it to be essential to the
    just decision of the case”.

    9.1. It needs hardly any emphasis that the discretionary powers
    like those under Section 311 CrPC are essentially intended to
    ensure that every necessary and appropriate measure is taken by
    the Court to keep the record straight and to clear any ambiguity in
    so far as the evidence is concerned as also to ensure that no
    prejudice is caused to anyone. The principles underlying Section
    311
    CrPC and amplitude of the powers of the Court thereunder
    have been explained by this Court in several decisions 1. In
    Natasha Singh v. CBI (State) : (2013) 5 SCC 741,
    R/SCR.A/7833/2019 ORDER though the application for
    examination of witnesses was filed by the accused but, on the

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    principles relating to the exercise of powers under Section 311,
    this Court observed, inter alia, as under:-

    “8. Section 311 CrPC empowers the court to summon a material
    witness, or to examine a person present at “any stage” of “any
    enquiry”, or “trial”, or “any other proceedings” under Cr.P.C. or to
    summon any person as a witness, or to recall and re-examine any
    person who has already been examined if his evidence appears to
    it, to be essential to the arrival of a just decision of the case.
    Undoubtedly, the CrPC has conferred a very wide discretionary
    power upon the court in this respect, but such a discretion is to be
    exercised judiciously and not arbitrarily. The power of the court in
    this context is very wide, and in exercise of the same, it may
    summon any person as a witness at any stage of the trial, or other
    proceedings. The court is competent to exercise such power even
    suo motu if no such application has been filed by either of the
    parties.

    However, the court must satisfy itself, that it was in fact essential
    to examine such a witness, or to recall him for further examination
    in order to arrive at a just decision of the case.

    15. The scope and object of the provision is to enable the court to
    determine the truth and to render a just decision after discovering
    all relevant facts and obtaining proper proof of such facts, to arrive
    at a just decision of the case. Power must be exercised judiciously
    and not capriciously or arbitrarily, as any improper or capricious
    exercise of such power may lead to undesirable results. An
    application under Section 311 CrPC must not be allowed only to
    fill up a lacuna in the case of the prosecution, or of the defence, or
    to the disadvantage of the accused, or to cause serious prejudice to
    the defence of the accused, or to give an unfair advantage to the
    opposite party. Further, the additional evidence must not be
    received as a disguise for retrial, or to change the nature of the
    case against either of the parties. Such a power must be exercised,
    provided that the evidence that is likely to be tendered by a
    witness, is germane to the issue involved. An opportunity of
    rebuttal however, must be given to the other party. The power
    conferred under Section 311 CrPC must therefore, be invoked by
    the court only in order to meet the ends of justice, for strong and
    valid reasons, and the same must be exercised with great caution
    and circumspection. The very use of words such as “any Court”,
    “at any stage”, or “or any enquiry, trial or other proceedings”, “any
    person” and “any such person” clearly spells out that the
    provisions of this section have been expressed in the widest

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    possible terms, and do not limit the discretion of the Court in any
    way. There is thus no escape if the fresh evidence to be obtained is
    essential to the just decision of the case. The determinative factor
    should therefore be, whether the summoning/recalling of the said
    witness is in fact, essential to the just decision of the case.”

    7. Now coming to the facts of the present case, it appears that the
    petitioner has cross examined the complainant on the aspect of
    registration of documents with respect to three flats. In that view
    of the matter, subordinate courts below did not find any merit in
    the applications moved by the petitioner under section 311 of the
    Code of Criminal Procedure and more particularly on account of
    engagement of another advocate.

    8. Apart from it, it is a matter of fact that the applications are not
    moved for further cross examination on account of subsequent
    development or finding any important and relevant material,
    which may be helpful for further cross examination of the
    complainant.

    9. For the sake of repetition, it is required to be noted here that the
    petitioner has not responded to the notice issued by the
    complainant prior to institution of proceedings under section 138
    of the Negotiable Instrument Act on the one hand and on the other
    hand, learned advocate for the petitioner has cross examined the
    respondent – complainant on the aspect of alleged registered sale
    deed and therefore, subordinate courts below and also this Court
    do not find any reason to exercise powers under section 311 of the
    Code of Criminal Procedure, as there is no escape of evidence
    with respect to registered sale deeds as stated at bar, at the time of
    cross examination of the respondent – complainant and therefore,
    present petitions being devoid of merits, both on law and facts are
    hereby rejected at admission stage.”

    7.4.5 It is also fruitful to refer the judgment of the Hon’ble Apex
    Court in the case of State versus N. Seenivasagan reported in
    (2021) 14 SCC 1, more particularly, paragraphs 12 and 13 are
    relevant, as under:

    “12. In our view, having due regard to the nature and ambit of
    section 311 of the CrPC, it was appropriate and proper that the
    applications filed by the prosecution ought to have been allowed.
    Section 311 provides that any Court may, at any stage of any
    inquiry, trial or other proceedings under the CrPC, summon any
    person as a witness, or examine any person in attendance, though
    not summoned as a witness, or recall and re-examine any person
    already examined and the Court shall summon and examine or

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    recall and re-examine any such person “if his evidence appears to
    it to be essential to the just decision of the case”. The true test,
    therefore, is whether it appears to the Court that the evidence of
    such person who is sought to be recalled is essential to the just
    decision of the case.

    13. In Manju Devi v State of Rajasthan, a two-Judge bench of this
    Court noted that an application under Section 311 could not be
    rejected on the sole ground that the case had been pending for an
    inordinate amount of time (ten years there). Rather, it noted that
    “the length/duration of a case cannot displace the basic
    requirement of ensuring the just decision after taking all the
    necessary and material evidence on record. In other words, the age
    of a case, by itself, cannot be decisive of the matter when a prayer
    is made for examination of a material witness”. Speaking for the
    Court, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari expounded on the principles
    underlying Section 311 in the following terms:

    10. It needs hardly any emphasis that the discretionary powers like
    those under section 311 CrPC are essentially intended to ensure
    that every necessary and appropriate measure is taken by the Court
    to keep the record straight and to clear any ambiguity insofar as
    the evidence is concerned as also to ensure that no prejudice is
    caused to anyone. The principles underlying section 311 CrPC and
    amplitude of the powers of the court thereunder have been
    explained by this Court in several decisions in Natasha Singh v.

    CBI, though the application for examination of witnesses was
    filed by the accused but, on the principles relating to the exercise
    of powers under Section 311, this Court observed, inter alia, as
    under: (SCC pp. 746 & 748-49, paras 8 &15) “8. Section 311
    CrPC empowers the court to summon a material witness, or to
    examine a person present at “any stage” of “any enquiry”, or
    “trial”, or “any other proceedings” under CrPC, or to summon any
    person as a witness, or to recall and re-examine any person who
    has already been examined if his evidence appears to it, to be
    essential to the arrival of a just decision of the case . Undoubtedly,
    CrPC has conferred a very wide discretionary power upon the
    court in this respect, but such a discretion is to be exercised
    judiciously and not arbitrarily.

    The power of the court in this context is very wide, and in exercise
    of the same, it may summon any person as a witness at any stage
    of the trial, or other proceedings. The court is competent to
    exercise such power even suo motu if no such application has
    been filed by either of the parties. However, the court must satisfy

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    itself, that it was in fact essential to examine such a witness, or to
    recall him for further examination in order to arrive at a just
    decision of the case.

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    15. The scope and object of the provision is to enable the court to
    determine the truth and to render a just decision after discovering
    all relevant facts and obtaining proper proof of such facts, to arrive
    at a just decision of the case. Power must be exercised judiciously
    and not capriciously or arbitrarily, as any improper or capricious
    exercise of such power may lead to undesirable results. An
    application under section 311 CrPC must not be allowed only to
    fill up a lacuna in the case of the prosecution, or of the defence, or
    to the disadvantage of the accused, or to cause serious prejudice to
    the defence of the accused, or to give an unfair advantage to the
    opposite party. Further, the additional evidence must not be
    received as a disguise for retrial, or to change the nature of the
    case against either of the parties. Such a power must be exercised,
    provided that the evidence that is likely to be tendered by a
    witness, is germane to the issue involved. An opportunity of
    rebuttal however, must be given to the other party. The power
    conferred under section 311 CrPC must therefore, be invoked by
    the court only in order to meet the ends of justice, for strong and
    valid reasons, and the same must be exercised with great caution
    and circumspection. The very use of words such as “any court”, “at
    any stage”, or “or any enquiry, trial or other proceedings”, “any
    person” and “any such person” clearly spells out that the
    provisions of this section have been expressed in the widest
    possible terms, and do not limit the discretion of the court in any
    way. There is thus no escape if the fresh evidence to be obtained is
    essential to the just decision of the case. The determinative factor
    should therefore be, whether the summoning/recalling of the said
    witness is in fact, essential to the just decision of the case.”
    (emphasis in original)”

    7.5 Additionally, prima facie, considering the position of law and
    facts of the present case, the trial court has committed gross in
    allowing the application, which is filed at the stage of recording of
    further statement, and more particularly, when the power-of-
    attorney holder has already deposed and cross-examined.
    Thereafter, there is no purpose to permit the complainant himself
    to depose and filling the lacuna, which is after three year, his right
    is closed for adducing the evidence for adducing evidence.
    Therefore, the the present petition deserves to be allowed.

    Signature Not Verified
    Signed by: BHUNESHWAR
    DATT
    Signing time: 07-05-2026
    18:00:26

    NEUTRAL CITATION NO. 2026:MPHC-IND:13151

    13 MCRC-11514-2026

    8. Accordingly, the present petitions are allowed.

    9. The impugned order dated 13.8.2018 passed in the application
    below Exhibit 35 in Criminal Case No. 41533 of 2015 by the
    learned 8th Additional Senior Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate,
    First Class, Surat as well as consequential proceedings if any are
    quashed and set aside in Special Criminal Application No.8233 of
    2018.

    10. The impugned order dated 13.8.2018 passed in the application
    below Exhibit 39 in Criminal Case No. 41534 of 2015 by the
    learned 8th Additional Senior Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate,
    First Class, Surat as well as consequential proceedings if any are
    quashed and set aside in Special Criminal Application No.8232 of
    2018.

    11. The impugned order dated 13.8.2018 passed in the application
    below Exhibit 42 in Criminal Case No. 41525 of 2015 by the
    learned 8th Additional Senior Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate,
    First Class, Surat as well as consequential proceedings if any are
    quashed and set aside in Special Criminal Application No.8246 of
    2018.

    On going through the findings of the learned trial Court as well as the
    revisional Court which are in consonance with the material available on
    record and as per the law, I find no perversity or illegality in the findings
    given by both the Courts below. Otherwise also, this Court has very limited
    jurisdiction while considering the concurrent findings of facts of both the
    Court below.

    In view of the above discussion, the MCRC being devoid of merits, is
    hereby dismissed.

    (SANDEEP N. BHATT)
    JUDGE

    BDJ

    Signature Not Verified
    Signed by: BHUNESHWAR
    DATT
    Signing time: 07-05-2026
    18:00:26



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