Charan Jeet Singh v. Om Parakash
Criminal miscellaneous (CRM-M) – Section 528, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Case brief
What is this about?
Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh; CRM-M-10192-2025 (O&M); decided 15.12.2025; Sanjay Vashisth, J. Charan Jeet Singh (petitioner) v. Om Parakash (respondent). Petition under Section 528 BNSS 2023 seeking setting aside of interim order dated 12.12.2024 (Annexure P-2) of learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Faridabad, in case No. NACT/2142/2021 ('Om Parkash v. Charanjit Singh'), dismissing application for recalling of witnesses; interim/zimni orders taken on record via CRM-46625-2025; impugned order set aside; one last opportunity to cross-examine complainant on 22.12.2025; costs ₹15,000 payable to witness/complainant before cross-examination; no further opportunity; petition and pending misc. applications disposed of. Keywords: recall of witness; last opportunity; cross-examination of complainant; costs; S.528 BNSS; NACT case Faridabad.
What did the court decide?
Impugned interim order dated 12.12.2024 (Annexure P-2) set aside; petitioner granted one last opportunity to conduct complete cross-examination of the complainant on the date already fixed, i.e., 22.12.2025, subject to payment of costs of ₹15,000 to the summoned witness/complainant in Court before commencement of cross-examination, failing which the trial Court to proceed from the stage presently fixed; no further opportunity under any circumstances; petition and pending miscellaneous applications disposed of.