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A summons to a witness may be issued by the Magistrate during the trial of a warrant-case instituted on…

Section 265(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 permits summons to prosecution witnesses on the prosecution's application. Section 266(2) requires issue of…

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A summons to a witness may be issued by the Magistrate during the trial of a warrant-case instituted on a police report under:

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Section 265(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 permits summons to prosecution witnesses on the prosecution's application. Section 266(2) requires issue of process requested by the accused after entering the defence, unless refused for recorded reasons of vexation, delay or defeating justice. Both provisions therefore concern witness process in police-report warrant-cases.

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