Petitioner filed a criminal miscellaneous petition seeking direction to respondent to pay travel expenses for appearing as a witness. The High Court dismissed the petition with liberty to approach the Trial Court for determination of expenses.
Petition dismissed with liberty to file an application before the Trial Court to claim travel expenses.
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Crl. M.P.No. 5146 of 2023 in Crl. O.P. No. 21963 of 2019
SUNDER MOHAN. J,
The petition is filed to direct the 1st and 2nd respondents to pay actual travel expenses of Rs.4,69,993/- (8173.79 Australian Dollar) incurred by the petitioner herein to travel from Australia to India to depose in C.C.No.397 of 2013. The petitioner had filed this application based on the orders passed by this Court in Crl.O.P.No.21963 of 2019. This Court had passed the following order in the said Criminal Original Petition:
“6.The cross examination of the aforesaid witnesses shall be completed within a period of two weeks from the date of such application to be made by the petitioner. The petitioner shall also bear the expenses for summoning these witnesses, which amount shall be determined by the Court below, while passing an order on the petitioner's application
under Section 311 Cr.P.C.”
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K.V.Suresh Kumar has to bear the expenses, which shall be determined by the Trial Court. It is not known as to what is the amount determined by the Trial Court and whether the respondent herein had already paid the amount determined by the Trial Court. Therefore, it is just and proper that the petitioner approaches the Trial Court for claiming the expenses incurred by him to travel from Australia to India to depose in C.C.No.397 of 2013.
petitioner to file an application before the Trial Court.
expeditiously possible.
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