Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XXIV · General Provisions as to Inquiries and Trials
262. Detention of offenders attending in Court
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Any person attending a criminal Court, although not under arrest or upon a summons, may be detained by that Court for the purpose of examination for any offence of which that Court can take cognizance and which, from the evidence, he may appear to have committed, and may be proceeded against as though he had been arrested or summoned.
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“Court” means the High Court, a Sessions Court, or a Magistrate’s Court of any class, as the context may require;
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When the detention takes place after a trial has been begun, the proceedings in respect of that person shall be commenced afresh and the witnesses reheard.