CrPC § 287 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 287 CrPC — Parties may examine witnesses
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 322 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 322 — Parties may examine witnesses
(1) The parties to any proceeding under this Sanhita in which a commission is issued may respectively forward any interrogatories in writing which the Court or Magistrate directing the commission may think relevant to the issue, and it shall be lawful for the Magistrate, Court or officer to whom the commission, is directed, or to whom the duty of executing it is delegated, to examine the witness upon such interrogatories.
(2) Any such party may appear before such Magistrate, Court or Officer by an advocate, or if not in custody, in person, and may examine, cross-examine and re-examine the said witness.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 322 in full