Crl. Rev. No. 2668 of 2011 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Rev. No. 2668 of 2011 Date of Decision: November 1, 2011 Parveen Kumar …..Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab …..Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI. -.- Present:- Mr.Vishal Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. -.- M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) Through instant revision petition, the legality and propriety of order dated October 4, 2011 has been challenged by virtue of which the trial Court had allowed the application of the prosecution to incorporate the name of PW Ramesh Chand and summon him. Counsel for the petitioner has contended that under the garb of the order dated October 4, 2011, prosecution agency has been permitted to incorporate a new witness whose name was not mentioned in the list of Crl. Rev. No. 2668 of 2011 [2] witnesses which was supplied alongwith the report under Section 173 (2) Cr.P.C. It has been contended that even the statement of said Ramesh Chand under Section 161 Cr.P.C. has not been recorded. Despite the said fact he has been permitted to summon. I have heard counsel for the petitioner. It has been admitted that the abovesaid PW Ramesh Chand has already been examined in the Court pursuant to the order dated October 4, 2011. It has also been informed that he has also been cross-examined. Counsel for the petitioner has contended that the statement of Ramesh Chand is neither worthy of credence nor the same can be read in evidence at the time of appreciation of evidence. After hearing counsel for the petitioner this Court is of the opinion that it was always open to the petitioner to impeach the credibility of Ramesh Chand who had been summoned by also pointing out to the illegality that his statement had earlier not been recorded under Section 161 Cr.P.C. Without expression of any opinion on merits of the case, this petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to raise all the pleas of fact and law at the time of final stage of the case. November 1, 2011 (M.M.S.BEDI) sanjay JUDGE