IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M-14791 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 13.05.2011. Khazan Singh and another ....Petitioners Versus The State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. Prashant Bansal, Advocate, for the petitioners. NAWAB SINGH.J (ORAL) Challenge is to the order dated December 16th, 2010 (Annexure P/5), passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala, whereby, application filed by the petitioners to recall Kuljeet Singh, Investigator (PW-2) and Harmanpreet Singh, Sub Inspector (PW-3) for cross-examination, was dismissed. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners has urged that examination-in-chief of these two witnesses was recorded on November 15th, 2010. Both of them could not be cross-examined because of non-availability of their counsel due to demise in the family. On account of non-availability of counsel, that too under constraint circumstances, the petitioners should not be made to suffer. 3. In view of above, the petition is accepted. Order under challenge is set-aside. The petitioners are accorded an opportunity to cross-examine the aforesaid two witnesses. 4. Disposed of. (NAWAB SINGH) 13.05.2011 JUDGE som