Supreme Court Allows Summoning of Foreign Doctor as Witness in Dowry Death Case — Emphasizes That Evidence Essential for Just Decision Cannot Be Denied on Ground of Delay. The court held that Section 311 CrPC empowers the court to summon any person if his evidence appears essential to the just decision of the case, and the Trial Court's rejection on ground of delay was not judicious....
The appellant, mother of the deceased, sought to summon Dr. I. Yusuf, who conducted the first post-mortem in Nigeria, as a witness under Section 311 CrPC in the trial against her son-in-law for offenc...
