Calling of Witnesses by Court and Recalling of Witnesses

(1) The court may, at any time before it closes to deliberate on its finding or if there is a judge advocate before he begins to sum up, call a witness or recall a witness, if in the opinion of the court it is in the interests of justice to do so. If the court calls a witness or recalls a witness under this rule, the prosecutor and the accused may put such questions to the witness as seem proper to the court. (2) The prosecutor and the accused may, at any time before the court closes to deliberate on its finding or if there is a judge advocate before he begins to sum up, recall a witness by leave of the court and the prosecutor and the accused may put such questions to the witness as seem proper to the court. Submission of No Case to Answer and Stopping of Cases