https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196665 Section 311 CrPC gives courts wide power to summon, recall or re-examine witnesses at any stage, but only where the evidence is essential to a just decision and a fair trial. The provision is intended to aid discovery of truth and should not be refused on speculation about the likely usefulness of the proposed evidence. Relevant defence evidence may be permitted where it can rebut the prosecution case and does not merely fill a lacuna or cause unfair prejudice. Applying that principle, the Court held that the application to examine three defence witnesses ought to have been allowed and the accused was permitted to lead that evidence. en-us Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 09 Aug 2023 13:43:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196665 Section 311 CrPC gives courts wide power to summon, recall or re-examine witnesses at any stage, but only where the evidence is essential to a just decision and a fair trial. The provision is intended to aid discovery of truth and should not be refused on speculation about the likely usefulness of the proposed evidence. Relevant defence evidence may be permitted where it can rebut the prosecution case and does not merely fill a lacuna or cause unfair prejudice. Applying that principle, the Court held that the application to examine three defence witnesses ought to have been allowed and the accused was permitted to lead that evidence. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196665