CrPC 294 — No formal proof of certain documents

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Statutory text

(1) Where  any  document  is  filed  before  any  Court  by  the
prosecution or the accused, the particulars of every such document shall be included in a list and the prosecution or
the  accused,  as  the  case  may  be,  or  the  pleader  for  the  prosecution  or  the  accused,  if  any,  shall  be  called  upon  to admit or deny the genuineness of each such document.
(2) The list of documents shall be in such form as be prescribed by the State Government.
(3) Where the genuineness of any document is not disputed, such document may be read in evidence in inquiry,
trial  or  other  proceeding  under  this  Code  without  proof  of  the  signature  of  the  person  to  whom  it  purports  to  be
signed:
Provided that the Court may, in its discretion, require such signature to be proved.

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