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Section 262

Detention of offenders attending in Court

of Criminal Procedure Code

ActIn forceProvision 204 of 411
Section 262
(1)

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.

(2)

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.

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