CrPC Section 311 — Power to summon material witness, or examine person present

Official Text

Any Court may, at any stage of any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code, summon any person as a witness, or examine any person in attendance, though not summoned as a witness, or recall and re-examine any person already examined; and the Court shall summon and examine or recall and re-examine any such person if his evidence appears to it to be essential to the just decision of the case. 1[

Related Judgments

• HARENDRA RAI vs THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS — Supreme Court of India (2023)
• K.P. TAMILMARAN vs THE STATE BY DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE — Supreme Court of India (2025)
• U.T. OF DADRA & HAVELI AND ANR. vs PATEL SINH MOHANSINH CHAUHAN — Supreme Court of India (2006)
• VIJAY KUMAR vs STATE OF U.P. AND ORS — Supreme Court of India (2011)
• GODREJ PACIFIC TECH. LTD. vs COMPUTER JOINT INDIA LTD — Supreme Court of India (2008)
• SWAPAN KUMAR CHATTERJEE vs CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION — Supreme Court of India (2019)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNSS §348 — Power to summon material witness, or examine person present