(1.) Criminal Appeal No.3924 of 2023 has been filed by the informant, against the order of remittal passed by the Division Bench of the Patna High Court directing the Trial Court to conduct a de novo trial, while making certain observations against the Special Judge, disapproving his approach in the conduct of the trial. Criminal Appeal Nos.3926-3927 of 2023 have been filed by the learned Special Judge who conducted the trial and thereafter delivered the judgment. Criminal Appeal No.3925 of 2023 has been filed by the very same learned Judge, aggrieved over the remarks once again made by the High Court in an order of remittal, requesting the Honble Chief Justice of the Patna High Court to consider whether the Judicial Officer should be assigned the function of holding sessions trial which have far reaching consequences, while sending him for fresh training to the State Judicial Academy.
(2.) Heard Learned Senior Counsel Mr. Vikas Singh for the appellant and Learned Senior Counsel Mr. C. U. Singh for the respondents. We have perused the documents filed along with the written submissions made by the parties.
(3.) Before going into the submissions on merit, we shall first deal with the provisions governing the legal position in conducting a trial.