CrPC § 244 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 244 CrPC — Evidence for prosecution
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 267 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the CrPC.
The law now: BNSS 267 — Evidence for prosecution
(1) When, in any warrant-case instituted otherwise than on a police report, the accused appears or is brought before a Magistrate, the Magistrate shall proceed to hear the prosecution and take all such evidence as may be produced in support of the prosecution.
(2) The Magistrate may, on the application of the prosecution, issue a summons to any of its witnesses directing him to attend or to produce any document or other thing.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 267 in full