HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.11973 OF 2010 ORDER: This petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. seeking to assail the order dated 15.11.2010 in Criminal M.P. Nos.4294 and 4295 of 2010 in C.C. No. 150 of 2007, wherein the said petitions were dismissed by the learned Magistrate. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the de facto complainant. Perused the records. 3. The petitioner is wife of second respondent. She filed a case for Maintenance in M.C. No. 33 of 2003 and the said M.C. was allowed on 4.4.2005. Subsequently, C.C. No.150 of 2007 filed by the petitioner alleging offence under Section 498-A of I.P.C. came up for trial. The petitioner was examined as P.W.1 and was cross-examined subsequent to the orders passed in M.C. No.33 of 2003. After the evidence of both sides was closed and the matter reached the stage of arguments, the petitioner sought to file a copy of the order dated 4.4.2005 in M.C. No.33 of 2003 by reopening the evidence. The said application was dismissed by the trial Court on the ground of delay holding that the order in M.C. No.33 of 2003 was passed on 4.4.2005 and subsequently petitioner was examined as P.W.1 in C.C. No.150 of 2007 and there was no reason for not producing a copy of the said order at the time of her evidence. 4. No doubt, the application is belated. However, the fact remains that the document sought to be filed by the petitioner is a public document, being, copy of the order passed in M.C.No.33 of 2003, which is inter parties., The second respondent, who is also a party to the same cannot have any tenable objection for placing on record a copy of the order in M.C No.33 of 2003. 5. In this view of the matter, it is considered that the petitioner can be given an opportunity to file the order dated 4.4.2005 in M.C. No.33 of 2003 and bring it on record in C.C. No. 150 of 2007. The petitioner is, therefore, permitted to recall P.W.1 for the limited purpose of filing the above said document. The impugned order is accordingly set aside. 6. In the result, the Criminal petition is allowed as stated above. ____________________ G.V. SEETHAPATHY,J Date: 1st December, 2010 pnb