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Section 244 - Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
244.Evidence for prosecution.-
(1) When, in any warrant-case instituted otherwise than on a police report, the accused appears or is brought before a Magistrate, the Magistrate shall proceed to hear the prosecution and take all such evidence as may be produced in support of the prosecution.
(2) The Magistrate may, on the application of the prosecution, issue a summons to any of its witnesses directing him to attend or to produce any document or other thing.
Related Sections
- Section 382: Petition of appeal
- Section 155: Information as to non-cognizable cases and investigation of such cases
- Section 250: Compensation for accusation without reasonable cause
- Section 178: Place of inquiry or trial
- Section 350: Summary procedure for punishment for non-attendance by a witness in obedience to summons
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