Adverse party --- Cross-examination , right of - Dispute was with regard to deleting cross-examination conducted by petitioner/defendant on a witness produced

 2023 M L D 1875

Qanun-e-Shahadat ---- Arts . 132 & 133 --- Non - adverse party --- Cross-examination , right of - Dispute was with regard to deleting cross-examination conducted by petitioner/defendant on a witness produced by respondent/co defendant on the plea that both were not adverse parties --- Validity --- Only such party , which had obvious conflict of interest , could enjoy right of cross - examining witness of opponent parties --- In the present case , interest of petitioner / defendant and that of respondent / co defendant was the same and there was no conflict of interest between them , thus an opportunity of cross - examination to witnesses of respondent /co-defendant having no adverse interest to each other could not be given in order to prevent abuse of process of law as well as to prevent filling up lacunas occurring in the statement of witness through the sword of cross-examination --- Lqwer Appellate Court did not commit any illegality in exercise of revisional jurisdiction --- Constitutional petition was dismissed , in circumstances