CrPC 291 vs BNSS 326: Deposition of medical witness
Section 291 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is now section 326 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, in force from 1 July 2024. 64% of the old wording is kept; 48 words removed and 2 words added.
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CrPC section 291Deposition of medical witness
(1) The deposition of civil surgeon or other medical witness, taken and attested by a Magistrate in the presence of the accused, or taken on commission under this Chapter, may be given in evidence in any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code, although the deponent is not called as a witness. (2) The Court may, if it thinks fit, and shall, on the application of the prosecution or the accused, summon and examine any such deponent as to the subject-matter of his deposition. State Amendment Gujarat In the principal Act, in section 291, in sub-section (1), after the words “in the presence of accused”, the words “or, as the case may be through the medium of Electronic Video Linkage” shall be inserted. Vide Gujarat Act 31 of 2017, sec. 5.
BNSS section 326Deposition of medical witness
(1) The deposition of a civil surgeon or other medical witness, taken and attested by a Magistrate in the presence of the accused, or taken on commission under this Chapter, may be given in evidence in any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Sanhita, although the deponent is not called as a witness. (2) The Court may, if it thinks fit, and shall, on the application of the prosecution or the accused, summon and examine any such deponent as to the subject-matter of his deposition.
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