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1. The present petition under Section 397 read with Section 401 of Code
of Criminal Procedure, 19731 assails order dated 26th July, 2025 passed by
the Special Judge, PC Act, CBI-15, Rouse Avenue Courts in CBI Case No.
216/2019, titled “CBI v. Basant Kumar Birla Etc (Shan Yuth CGHS)”. By
the said order, the Trial Court allowed an application filed by the Central
Bureau of Investigation2 under Section 311 of the Cr.P.C., seeking leave to
summon and examine certain independent witnesses, whose names were not
part of the original list of prosecution witnesses.