Reports of certain Government scientific experts.

What this section does

Reports by specified Government scientific experts on matters submitted to them for examination or analysis in the course of proceedings may be used as evidence without formal proof. The Court may summon such an expert, who may depute a responsible and conversant officer to attend in his place if he cannot personally appear (unless the Court directs personal attendance). The section lists the categories of experts to whom it applies, including Chemical Examiners, the Chief Controller of Explosives, Directors of Finger Print Bureaus and Forensic Science Laboratories, the Serologist to the Government, and others notified by the State or Central Government.

AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).

Procedure at a glance

Key actors

Court · Government Scientific Expert · Chemical Examiner · Director of Forensic Science Laboratory · Serologist

• CRPC Section 294 — No formal proof of documents