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Defense Witness Rights in Criminal Trials by harsh sharma is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled that the petitioner, Subhash, must be allowed to summon the father of the prosecutrix as a defense witness under Section 233 of the Criminal Procedure Code to ensure a fair trial. The court emphasized that applications for summoning witnesses can only be rejected if intended to delay the trial or cause vexation, which was not the case here. The previous order denying the summoning of the witness was set aside, and the matter was remanded for reconsideration.
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- harsh sharma
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- EN