summoning of witness in defence
vinod bansal
(Querist) 26 January 2010
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in a crl case accused has move an application for calling a witness in his defence on govt expenses as the case is state case not pvt complaint but magistrate has given him direction to deposit expenses of witness first,kindly advice what i have to say to court.Vinod (Haryana)
Raj Kumar Makkad
(Expert) 26 January 2010
Bansal ji! If the accused is behind jail only then he is entitled for the summoned witness at the Govt. expenses otherwise he has to pay what ever is fixed by court as DM/TA/DA of the summoned witness even in criminal case.
Sachin Bhatia
(Expert) 01 February 2010
If the accuses is in custody then he is entitled for the summoned witness at the Govt. expenses, as you said magistrate has not given any direction to deposit expences then there is no need to deposite.