Conviction or commitment on evidence partly recorded by one Magistrate and partly by another.

What this section does

A succeeding Judge or Magistrate who takes over a case may act on evidence already recorded by the predecessor, or on evidence partly recorded by the predecessor and partly by himself; if further examination of witnesses is necessary in the interests of justice, the succeeding Judge or Magistrate may re-summon them. A transfer of a case under the Sanhita causes the transferring Judge or Magistrate to be deemed to have ceased jurisdiction and the receiving one to have succeeded. This section does not apply to summary trials, cases stayed under section 361, or cases submitted to a superior Magistrate under section 364.

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

Procedure at a glance

Key actors

Judge · Magistrate

Time limit

None specified

Derived from CrPC s.326.