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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 367

Power to Direct Further Inquiry to Be Made or Additional Evidence to Be Taken

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 367 is part of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Power to Direct Further Inquiry to Be Made or Additional Evidence to Be Taken. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) If, when such proceedings are submitted, the High Court thinks that a further inquiry should be made into or additional evidence taken upon, any point bearing upon the guilt or innocence of the convicted person, it may make such inquiry or take such evidence itself, or direct it to be made or taken by the Court of Session.

(2) Unless the High Court otherwise directs, the presence of the convicted person may be dispensed with when such inquiry is made or such evidence is taken.

(3) When the inquiry or evidence (if any) is not made or taken by the High Court, the result of such inquiry or evidence shall be certified to such Court.

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What does Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 367 provide?

Section Section 367 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Power to Direct Further Inquiry to Be Made or Additional Evidence to Be Taken) is reproduced on this page as part of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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