Wasim And 3 Others vs State Of U.P. And Another on 30 May, 2019
11. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and having perused the record, it is true that in Shivjee Singh Vs. Nagendra Tiwary & Ors. (supra), as a fact, the complainant had, after recording evidence of two out of four witnesses, given up the remaining two witnesses for reason of his apprehension that they had been won over by the accused. However, that distinction of the fact apart, the Supreme Court has, after making detailed consideration of the various provisions falling under Chapters XV and XVI of the Cr.P.C. and existing precedent, culled out the legal situation emanating therefrom. In paragraph no. 22 of that decision, the Supreme Court considered the usage of the word "all" appearing in the proviso to Section 202 (2) Cr.P.C. and found it to be qualified by the word "his", i.e. the complainant. It was then reasoned that such qualification implied that the complainant was not bound to examine all the witnesses named in the complaint or whose names may have been disclosed in response to the order passed by the learned Magistrate.