Code of Criminal Procedure
CrPC 311 is now BNSS 348.
Power to summon material witness, or examine person present
Carried over
96% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXIV
s. 311
Power to summon material witness, or examine person present
Any Court may, at any stage of any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code, summon any person as a witness, or examine any person in attendance, though not summoned as a witness, or recall and re-examine any person already examined; and the Court shall summon and examine or recall and re-examine any such person if his evidence appears to it to be essential to the just decision of the case.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXVI
s. 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.
Text from India Code