STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. SHAILENDRA KAMALKISHOR PANDE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE applicant-State of gujarat has filed this Criminal Revision application under Section 397 of the Code of Criminal Procedure with a prayer that this court may be pleased to quash and set aside the order dated 16-4-2007 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court no. 6, Vadodara below application Exh. 292 in Sessions Case No. 172 of 2004.

(2.) BY the impugned order, the learned sessions Judge, Fast Track Court No. 6, vadodara, permitted the defence to produce a C. D. which contains an interview of the victim at the end of a local T. V. Channel. The learned Judge further permitted the defence to produce the C. D. and play the same on a C. D. Player before the Court so that the Court may be able to listen to the questions which were put by the local T. V. Channel. By the said application Exh. 292, the learned advocate for the accused stated that in the aforesaid matter the cross-examination of witness Ashutosh is going on. After the incident Ashutosh has given an interview in local T. V. Channel regarding the incident in question. When the attention of the witness was drawn towards it, he stated that he did not remember anything. This piece of evidence was in connection with the incident in question. In view of the same, his statement is recorded to show the said c. D. and therefore, the learned advocate for the accused has stated that they may be allowed to produce the said C. D. and the C. D. player in the Court and therefore prayed that during the cross-examination of ashutosh, the Court may permit the recorded T. V. interview be shown in this behalf.

(3.) THE facts giving rise to this application are as under :- !