(1) The deposition of civil surgeon or other medical witness, taken and attested by a Magistrate in the presence of the accused, or taken on commission under this Chapter, may be given in evidence in any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code, although the deponent is not called as a witness.
(2) The Court may, if it thinks fit, and shall, on the application of the prosecution or the accused, summon and examine any such deponent as to the subject-matter of his deposition.
STATE AMENDMENT
Gujarat
In the principal Act, in section 291, in sub-section (1), after the words
"in the presence of accused", the words "or, as the case may be through the
medium of Electronic Video Linkage" shall be inserted.
[Vide Gujarat Act 31 of 2017, sec. 5.]
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