LAWS(SC)-2019-4-70

MANJU DEVI Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER

Decided On April 16, 2019
MANJU DEVI Appellant
V/S
State of Rajasthan and Another Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) In Sessions Case No. 05 of 2015 in the Court of Additional Sessions Judge Ratangarh, District Churu (Rajasthan), the accused-respondent No. 2 is facing trial for offences under Sections 302, 304-B and 498-A of the Indian Penal Code ('IPC') due to the death of his wife under unnatural circumstances in Nigeria. The appellant, mother of the deceased, moved an application under Section 311 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ('CrPC') in the said case, seeking summoning of one Dr. I. Yusuf (who had conducted first postmortem of the dead-body of the appellant's daughter in Nigeria) through High Commission of Nigeria or to record his evidence through video-conferencing, after issuing a commission for the purpose.

(3.) The background aspects, so far relevant for the present purpose, could be noticed, in brief, as follows: