IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA C.R. No.843 of 2008 RAMESH CHANDRA AGRAWAL Versus RAJENDRA KUMAR & ORS 2 24.06.2008 Heard counsel for the petitioner. The petitioner is aggrieved by an order dated 22nd April, 2008 whereby and whereunder the court-below has rejected the prayer of the plaintiff-petitioner as with regard to admitting into evidence his Income Tax Return. From the tenor of the impugned order as also the reasons leading to the rejection of such prayer of the petitioner this court is satisfied that there is no material irregularity much less any jurisdictional error in refusing such prayer of the petitioner. The apprehension of the counsel for the petitioner that an adverse inference could be drawn against him for not producing the document in question i.e., Income Tax Return is apparently unfounded inasmuch as it was in course of cross-examination of the petitioner, that while answering a question, he had reiterated his stand already taken by him in his plaint that he has been regularly filing the income tax return. In that view of the matter the apprehension of the petitioner of being prejudiced on account of being not allowed to exhibit the document in question namely his income tax returns, in evidence is apparently misconceived. It has to be kept in mind that the petitioner being the plaintiff to the suit has to prove his case and he cannot strengthen himself on the crutches of the defendants. The Civil Revision application being, thus devoid of any merit is accordingly dismissed. Mkr. (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)