P&H: Allows Additional Evidence Under BNSS Sec. 348; Says Trial Courts Must Use Power Liberally To Reach Truth The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside a Magistrate’s order that refused to summon hospital records and a matrimonial judgment in a 2019 assault case, holding that trial courts must liberally exercise their powers under Section 348 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (corresponding to Section 311 CrPC) whenever the evidence appears essential for a
P&H: Allows Additional Evidence Under BNSS Sec. 348; Says Trial Courts Must Use Power Liberally To Reach Truth
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18 May 2026
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Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 348 — Summoning material witnesses — Scope — Confers very wide powers on trial court to summon any person as witness or recall and re‑examine any witness at any stage if evidence appears essential for a just decision - Objective of provision is to ensure truth is brought before the court and no failure of justice occurs due to inadvertent omission or defect in evidence. (Para 8) Bharatiya Nagarik
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