Section 244: Evidence for prosecution

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973Central Act · 1973

Repealed. This text is published for reference. It is not in force, and it should not be relied on as current law without checking what replaced it. Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, with effect from 1 July 2024

(1) When, in any warrant-case instituted otherwise than on a police report, the accused appears or is brought before a Magistrate, the Magistrate shall proceed to hear the prosecution and take all such evidence as may be produced in support of the prosecution.

(2) The Magistrate may, on the application of the prosecution, issue a summons to any of its witnesses directing him to attend or to produce any document or other thing.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section	244
Marginal note	Evidence for prosecution
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	Repealed
Judgments citing it	32

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CRLREV/356/2025 of NIRANJAN JENA Vs BISHNU PRASAD MOHAPATRAHigh Court of Orissa · 2025-12-17
A482/10504/2025 of PRAMOD KUMAR Vs STATE OF U.P. THRU. ITS PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME LKO. AND ANOTHERAllahabad High Court · 2025-12-11
A482/9895/2025 of SMT. PRAMILA DEVI Vs STATE OF U.P. THRU. ITS PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHERAllahabad High Court · 2025-11-21
APPLN/1159/2022 of SANDIP JANARDAN GANGARDE AND OTHERS Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHERBombay High Court · 2022-07-01
THE STATE OF GOA vs JOSE MARIA ALBERT VALES ALIAS ROBERT VALESSupreme Court of India · 2017-08-18
AJOY KUMAR GHOSE vs STATE OF JHARKHAND & ANRSupreme Court of India · 2009-03-18
C482/991/2006 of VIPUL JAIN Vs STATE AND OTHERSHigh Court of Uttarakhand · 2006-12-07

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