https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302272 Section 311 CrPC gives the court a discretionary power to summon, examine, recall, or re-examine a witness, but that discretion must be used cautiously and only to secure the ends of justice. Where prosecution evidence has already been closed, repeated opportunities have been given, and attendance has not been secured for a long period, a belated request to summon the witness may amount to abuse of process and prejudice the accused. Successive applications for the same relief should not be encouraged. On these facts, the request to summon the witness was held not maintainable and the orders permitting his examination were quashed. en-us Fri, 04 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 13 May 2022 07:48:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302272 Section 311 CrPC gives the court a discretionary power to summon, examine, recall, or re-examine a witness, but that discretion must be used cautiously and only to secure the ends of justice. Where prosecution evidence has already been closed, repeated opportunities have been given, and attendance has not been secured for a long period, a belated request to summon the witness may amount to abuse of process and prejudice the accused. Successive applications for the same relief should not be encouraged. On these facts, the request to summon the witness was held not maintainable and the orders permitting his examination were quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 04 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302272