BNSS §348
summon material witness, or examine
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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.
348. 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.
What changedAI-inferred
Power to summon material witness, or examine person present.
Old position
CrPC 311 is concerned with Power to summon material witness, or examine person present. Power to summon material witness, or examine person present
New position
BNSS 348 preserves the framework with drafting modernisations as required by the new code. Topic: summon material witness, or examine. 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
BNSS 348 (summon material witness, or examine) preserves the framework of CrPC 311. BNSS 348 retains the operative provisions in substantively the same form, with drafting modernisation and structural updates as required by the new code. BNSS 348 text: Any Court may, at any stage of any...
Editorial deltaAI-indicated (source-linked)
BNSS 348 (summon material witness, or examine) preserves the framework of CrPC 311. BNSS 348 retains the operative provisions in substantively the same form, with drafting modernisation and structural updates as required by the new code.
BNSS 348 text: 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...
Transitional note (repeal & savings)
For matters initiated before 1 July 2024, CrPC 311 continues to apply. For matters from that date forward, BNSS 348 applies. The transition is governed by the repeal-and-savings clause in the new code (BNS 358 / BNSS 531 / BSA 170 as the case may be); pending proceedings under the old code carry forward unaffected.
Frequently asked
BNSS 348 (summon material witness, or examine). The relationship is classified as substantively_same — see the change-note above for the textual delta.
Sources
- India Code — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Gazette of India — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
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Newlaws.in, CRPC §311 → BNSS §348 Mapping Page, last updated 2026-05-01, accessed 2026-06-14, https://newlaws.in/bnss/348.
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