Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 326
Deposition of medical witness
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BNSS Section 326 deals with deposition of medical witness and replaces CrPC 291.
Bare act text — BNSS 326
326. Deposition 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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What was BNSS Section 326 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 326 (Deposition of medical witness) replaces Section 291 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 291 is now BNSS 326.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 321 — Execution of commissions
- BNSS 322 — Parties may examine witnesses
- BNSS 323 — Return of commission
- BNSS 324 — Adjournment of proceeding
- BNSS 325 — Execution of foreign commissions
- BNSS 327 — Identification report of Magistrate
- BNSS 328 — Evidence of officers of Mint
- BNSS 329 — Reports of certain Government scientific experts
- BNSS 330 — No formal proof of certain documents
- BNSS 331 — Affidavit in proof of conduct of public servants