S. 493—Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 150—Public Prosecutor and private counsel engaged by Complainant—Scope—Provision of S.493, Cr.P.C. analysed—Petitioner/accused assailed order passed by Trial Court whereby Court had given permission to the counsel of complainant to conduct cross-examination upon a prosecution witness after declaring him as hostile—Contention of petitioner was that a privately engaged counsel could not move an application for declaring a witness hostile, in view of S.493, Cr.P.C.—Validity—Privately engaged counsel was not required to sit aloof during trial and not to provide assistance only to the Public Prosecutor—Privately engaged counsel could seek to declare a witness as hostile and even seek permission to cross-examine a hostile witness—Public Prosecutor having not objected upon such request of the privately engaged counsel, therefore, presumption was that the request was moved with the consent of the Public Prosecutor—Cross-examination was an art and if the complainant had engaged a private lawyer then there was no harm if the Trial Court permitted him to conduct cross-examination—Revision application was dismissed.
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