https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456830 An accused in a criminal prosecution must be given a fair and reasonable opportunity to cross-examine the complainant's witness before that evidence is treated as complete or relied upon. Where the complainant proceeds on preliminary evidence without an effective chance for the defence to invoke Section 145(2) of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, and the trial procedure bypasses safeguards relevant to Section 251 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, serious prejudice to the defence results. The order closing cross-examination was therefore unsustainable, and the proceedings were to continue only after granting the accused an opportunity to cross-examine the witness. en-us Fri, 19 May 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 17 Aug 2024 22:53:41 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456830 An accused in a criminal prosecution must be given a fair and reasonable opportunity to cross-examine the complainant's witness before that evidence is treated as complete or relied upon. Where the complainant proceeds on preliminary evidence without an effective chance for the defence to invoke Section 145(2) of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, and the trial procedure bypasses safeguards relevant to Section 251 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, serious prejudice to the defence results. The order closing cross-examination was therefore unsustainable, and the proceedings were to continue only after granting the accused an opportunity to cross-examine the witness. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 19 May 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456830