V.S. SHARMA Vs. THE STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Crl. M. No. 14014/2007

(2.) Learned counsel for the petitioners states that the case has been prolonged because of the prosecution evidence and their turn to lead evidence came only in the year 2006. Be that as it may, even thereafter, opportunities have been given to the petitioners. It cannot be a right of the petitioners to keep prolonging the matter on the pretext that since the prosecution took long to produce the evidence, they should be given equally long time to produce the evidence.

(3.) After hearing learned counsel for the parties, learned counsel for the petitioners confines the request to one last opportunity to be given before the trial court to produce the defence evidence, failing which, no further opportunity shall be given.