CrPC § 311 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 311 CrPC — Power to summon material witness, or examine person present
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 348 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 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.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 348 in full