BNSS § 348 · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Section 348 BNSS — Power to summon material witness, or examine person present

Replaces CrPC 311 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. In force since 1 July 2024.

The text

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.

Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text.

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