CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
311. Power to summon material witness, or examine person present
348. Power to summon material witness, or examine person present
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
311. Power to summon material witness, or examine person present.—Any Court may, at any stage of any
inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code, summon any person as a witness, or examine any person in
attendance, though not summoned as a witness, or recall and re-examine any person already examined; and the
Court shall summon and examine or recall and re-examine any such person if his evidence appears to it to be
essential to the just decision of the case.
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
348. Power to summon material witness, or examine person present.—Any Court may, at any stage
of any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Sanhita, summon any person as a witness, or examine
any person in attendance, though not summoned as a witness, or re-call and re-examine any person already
examined; and the Court shall summon and examine or re-call and re-examine any such person if his
evidence appears to it to be essential to the just decision of the case.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023