Supreme Court of India

Rekha Murarka v. The State of West Bengal and Anr.

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Reported as [2019] 14 S.C.R. 106
Bench Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and Deepak Gupta JJ.
Decided 20 November 2019

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, we find that the Hi gh Court was correct in dismissing the application made by the Appellant seeking permission for her counsel to cross-examine witnesses after the Public Prosecutor.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.301 r/w. s.24(8) – The Extent to which a victim’s counsel can participate in prosec ution of a case – Consideration of – Prosecution case was that a ppellant’s husband was stabbed and murdered by respondent No.2 – Appella nt filed an application u/s.301 r/w. s.24(8) of Cr.P. . and soug ht oral arguments, examination and cross-examination after the Public Prosecutor – Application was rejected by the Trial court – High Court affirmed the order of the Trial court – On appeal, h eld: The use of the term “assist” in the proviso to s.24(8) i n crucial, and

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