Even if there are more than one advocates appearing for an accused, they are considered as one unit. It cannot happen that one advocate takes one stand and another advocate takes another stand for the same accused, since both of them are representing the same person. So, even where there is a joint Vakalatnama on behalf of a single accused person, which has been signed by more than one advocate, they have to take a joint stand and they cannot take different stand for the same accused.
Secondly, citing accused person as a witness is only optional. It is not compulsory. In fact, generally an accused person is not produced as a witness. It is quite rare to produce an accused person as a witness in his own case. If the accused appears as a witness, then the public prosecutor gets a right to cross-examine the accused, which can sometimes become a double-edged weapon. So, usually, the defence advocates do not want to cite the accused person as a witness.
Rest of things you can ask from your advocate, because I don’t know what exactly is their intention or plan.
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