1[(1) Any document purporting to be a report of identification under the hand of an Executive Magistrate in respect of a person or property may be used as evidence in any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code, although such Magistrate is not called as a witness:
Provided that where such report contains a statement of any suspect or witness to which the provisions of section 21, section 32, section 33, section 155 or section 157, as the case may be, of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), apply, such statement shall not be used under this sub-section except in accordance with the provisions of those sections.
(2) The Court may, if it thinks fit, and shall, on the application of the prosecution or of the accused, summon and examine such Magistrate as to the subject-matter of the said report.]
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Ins. by Act 25 of 2005, s. 24 (w.e.f. 23-6-2006).
Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)
291 CrPC Deposition of medical witness
291A CrPC Identification report of Magistrate
292 CrPC Evidence of officers of the Mint
293 CrPC Reports of certain Government scientific experts
294 CrPC No formal proof of certain documents
295 CrPC Affidavit in proof of conduct of public servants
296 CrPC Evidence of formal character on affidavit
297 CrPC Authorities before whom affidavits may be sworn
298 CrPC Previous conviction or acquittal how proved
299 CrPC Record of evidence in absence of accused
300 CrPC Person once convicted or acquitted not to be tried for same offence