Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 267
Evidence for prosecution
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BNSS Section 267 deals with evidence for prosecution and replaces CrPC 244.
Bare act text — BNSS 267
267. 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.
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What was BNSS Section 267 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 267 (Evidence for prosecution) replaces Section 244 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 244 is now BNSS 267.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 262 — When accused shall be discharged
- BNSS 263 — Framing of charge
- BNSS 264 — Conviction on plea of guilty
- BNSS 265 — Evidence for prosecution
- BNSS 266 — Evidence for defence
- BNSS 268 — When accused shall be discharged
- BNSS 269 — Procedure where accused is not discharged
- BNSS 270 — Evidence for defence
- BNSS 271 — Acquittal or conviction
- BNSS 272 — Absence of complainant