Summons to produce document or other thing.

What this section does

A court or officer in charge of a police station may issue a summons or written order (in physical or electronic form) requiring a person believed to be in possession of any document, electronic communication, communication device, or other thing to produce it for purposes of investigation, inquiry, trial, or other proceeding. A person required merely to produce a document or thing need not attend personally but may cause it to be produced. The section does not affect sections 129 and 130 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023, the Bankers' Books Evidence Act 1891, or apply to postal items in the custody of the postal authority.

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

Procedure at a glance

Key actors

Court · Officer in charge of police station · Person in possession of document or thing

Time limit

None specified

Derived from CrPC s.91.