CrPC § 298 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 298 CrPC — Previous conviction or acquittal how proved
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 334 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 334 — Previous conviction or acquittal how proved
In any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Sanhita, a previous conviction or acquittal may be proved, in addition to any other mode provided by any law for the time being in force,—
(a) by an extract certified under the hand of the officer having the custody of the records of the Court in which such conviction or acquittal was held, to be a copy of the sentence or order; or
(b) in case of a conviction, either by a certificate signed by the officer in charge of the jail in which the punishment or any part thereof was undergone, or by production of the warrant of commitment under which the punishment was suffered, together with, in each of such cases, evidence as to the identity of the accused person with the person so convicted or acquitted.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 334 in full