Dilip Lot v. the State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Recall of witnesses; cross-examination of victim and her mother; fair opportunity to accused; quashing of Sessions Court order below Exhibit-27; Additional Sessions Judge Vadgaon Maval Pune; Sessions Case No.152 of 2022; costs imposed on accused for recall (Rs.5,000/- total, Rs.2,500/- each); one-day cross-examination direction; discretion of learned Special Judge; Bombay High Court Criminal Writ Jurisdiction; single judge Shivkumar Dige; petition allowed.
What did the court decide?
Petition allowed: order below Exhibit-27 passed by the learned Sessions Judge quashed and set aside; Petitioner permitted to cross-examine the victim and her mother subject to payment of total cost of Rs.5,000/- (Rs.2,500/- each); cross-examination of both witnesses to be completed in one day, failing which adjournment lies in the discretion of the learned Special Judge; all pending Applications disposed of.