BNSS Section 322 - Parties may examine witnesses.
Description of BNSS Section 322 - Parties may examine witnesses.
(1) The parties to any proceeding under this Sanhita in which a commission is issued may respectively forward any interrogatories in writing which the Court or Magistrate directing the commission may think relevant to the issue, and it shall be lawful for the Magistrate, Court or officer to whom the commission, is directed, or to whom the duty of executing it is delegated, to examine the witness upon such interrogatories.
(2) Any such party may appear before such magistrate, Court or Officer by pleader, or if not in custody, in person, and may examine, cross-examine and re-examine the said witness.
| Offence | Mischief |
| Punishment | (2) Imprisonment for 6 months or fine, or both. (3) Imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both; (4) imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both. (5) imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both. (6) imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine. |
| Cognizance | Non-cognizable Non-cognizable Non-cognizable Non-cognizable Non-cognizable |
| Bail | Bailable Bailable Bailable Bailable Bailable |
| Triable | Any Magistrate. Any Magistrate. Any Magistrate. Any Magistrate. Any Magistrate. |