THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.2130 OF 2010 DATED:15.07.2011 ORDER: This Criminal Revision Case is directed against the order, dated 29.09.2010, in Crl.M.P.No.5428 of 2010 in C.C.No.332 of 2009 on the file of the learned XV Additional Judge-cum-XIX Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, wherein the said application filed by the petitioner herein-A3 under Section 311 Cr.P.C., seeking to recall P.W.1 for further cross-examination, was dismissed. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the respondents. Perused the records. 3. Petitioner-A3 along with others is facing prosecution for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act on a complaint filed by the 1st respondent herein. It is stated that the matter now stands posted for examination of the accused under Section 313 Cr.P.C. At that stage, petitioner-A3 filed the application to recall P.W.1 for further cross-examination. The learned Magistrate dismissed the same observing that only after imposing the costs, ranging from Rs.200/- to Rs.3000/- the accused came forward to cross examine the witness and now she is seeking to recall the witness for further cross- examination without any reasonable cause. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that just one opportunity may be given to the petitioner-A3 to further cross-examine P.W.1. 5. The above request of the learned counsel for the petitioner is accepted in the interest of a fair trial, however, subject to the condition that the petitioner shall pay costs of Rs.1000/- (rupees one thousand only) to the other side and shall complete the further cross-examination of P.W.1 within two weeks from today and in the event of her failure to avail a single opportunity her right to further cross- examine P.W.1 would stand forfeited and it is open to the trial Court to proceed with the matter further in accordance with law. The trial Court may dispose of the case at an early date, preferably within a period of three months. 6. In the result, Criminal Revision Case is disposed of. _______________________ G.V.SEETHAPATHY, J 15th July, 2011. Tsy