Originally posted by : Dr. MPS RAMANI Ph.D.[Tech.]
By Sudhir Kumar Advocate:"There is no such provision at all. Do not end up wasting money and time on such adventures. The complaintnat has to be present in court whyen summoned as a wtiness." Where is no question of any "provision". 'Writ' itself is a provision under the Constitution. Which is the section of which law, or any court judgment to substantiate? Cannot the defendant demand to know where the prosecutrix is?"The complaintnat has to be present in court whyen summoned as a wtiness."Here the complainant is sitting in Australia and not attending the court.Accused also have rights under modern jurisprudence. It cannot be that he has to be unresonably and indefinitely tethered to the court according to the whims and fancies of the prosecution and complainant. He cannot go abroad or even out-of-station.
Sorry.
The complainant is not under obligation to remain in India or to attend court on each day.
The complainat is under pbligation to attend court only on the day when she is summoned as a witness.
No apperance of complainat as witness is benefitcial to the accused.
Writ "Mandamus" is a command given to public authority to perform his duty. In this case no public authroity has any duty whatsoever to curtail complainant's visit abroad.
He can at the most file such writ for speedy disposal of the case. Complainant's non-availability for long duration cannot be held to be fault of accused.