Code of Criminal Procedure
CrPC 231 is now BNSS 254(3).
Evidence for prosecution · The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below. BNSS 254(1) and BNSS 254(2) are new, with no CrPC counterpart.
Modified
17% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XVIII
s. 231(1)of section 231
Evidence for prosecution
(1) On the date so fixed, the Judge shall proceed to take all such evidence as may be produced in support of the prosecution.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XIX
s. 254(3)of section 254
Evidence for prosecution.
(3) The Judge may, in his discretion, permit the cross-examination of any witness to be deferred until any other witness or witnesses have been examined or recall any witness for further cross-examination.
Text from India Code