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The power of a police officer to require attendance of a woman witness in a cognizable offence extended…

A proviso to Section 179(1) BNSS (formerly s.160(1) CrPC) bars requiring a woman to attend at any place other than the place where she resides, so the power extends to "not…

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The power of a police officer to require attendance of a woman witness in a cognizable offence extended to:-

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A proviso to Section 179(1) BNSS (formerly s.160(1) CrPC) bars requiring a woman to attend at any place other than the place where she resides, so the power extends to "not calling that woman to police station, but going personally to the place where such woman resides."

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