BNSS Section 318 — Record in High Court

CHAPTER XXV EVIDENCE IN INQUIRIES AND TRIALS

Criminal

Summary

Every High Court can create its own rules for how witness statements and the questioning of the accused are recorded in cases that come before it. Once the court makes such a rule, all evidence and examinations must be recorded exactly as that rule requires.

Official Text

Every High Court may, by general rule, prescribe the manner in which the evidence of witnesses and the examination of the accused shall be taken down in cases coming before it, and such evidence and examination shall be taken down in accordance with such rule. B.—Commissions for the examination of witnesses

Related Judgments

  • SC (2025) Vol.6 p.545 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2025) Vol.5 p.730 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2024) Vol.7 p.979 — Supreme Court of India (2024)
  • .. Petitioner/Accused No.12 vs The State of Tamilnadu, — Madras High Court ()
  • SC (2025) Vol.2 p.1588 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2025) Vol.3 p.1309 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2025) Vol.1 p.1469 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2024) Vol.12 p.335 — Supreme Court of India (2024)

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