1. This revision petition is directed against an order dated 9th July, 1979 by which the remaining evidence of the Prosecution was closed on the ground that as a number of opportunities afforded to the Prosecution to produce the witnesses, namely, Muhammad Azeem Patwari and Sabir Hussain, S. I. Police, were not availed of by the Prosecution, their evidence was closed.
2. The complainant and the counsel for the respondents were heard and the perusal of the interlocutory orders of the trial Court was also accordingly made. Evidently, Muhammad Azeem, Patwari and Sabir' Hussain, S. I. Who investigated the case are the employees of the Government.
3. The proper procedure to serve the process issued by the Court for their attendance before the Court to give evidence, was through their A respective officers to whom they were subordinate. It seems that nothing of the sort was done by the trial Court while issuing the process to these witnesses. The Patwari was to be served through the Tehsildar concerned and the S. I. Was to be served through the Superintendent of Police of the District concerned. It is also the duty of the Court to summon the witnesses who are the Government employees through the immediate Heads of the Departments concerned as pointed out earlier. This method for service -of the process issued by the Court was not followed by the . Trial Court and the Prosecution was ordered to produce these witnesses on their own responsibility. This responsibility, without issue of process of summoning the witnesses, could not be forced upon the Prosecution. However, the Court could have asked the prosecuting. Agency to get the service of the summonses issued by the Court effected through the Officers concerned, otherwise tnt.Ir evidence would be closed by the trial Court.
4. Therefore, for the reasons above, this revision petition is accepted and the impugned order is set aside and the parties are directed to appear before the trial Court on the 22nd of November, 1979 when the present addresses of the remaining witnesses shall be furnished to the trial Court so as to issue summonses to be served upon them through the Officers concerned.