Local inspection
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Summary
At any stage of an inquiry, trial or other proceeding, a Judge or Magistrate may, after giving notice to the parties, visit and inspect any place connected to the alleged offence or needed to understand the evidence. The judge must promptly record a memorandum of relevant facts seen during the inspection. That memorandum becomes part of the case record and copies must be supplied free on request.
Example
Priya files an FIR that goods were stolen from her shop. During the trial the Magistrate, after giving notice to the parties, inspects the shop and records a memorandum noting the layout and a broken lock. The memorandum is added to the case record and Priya can ask for a free copy.
Bare Act
Enacted text(1) Any Judge or Magistrate may, at any stage of any inquiry, trial or other proceeding, after due notice to the parties, visit and inspect any place in which an offence is alleged to have been committed, or any other place which it is in his opinion necessary to view for the purpose of properly appreciating the evidence given at such inquiry or trial, and shall without unnecessary delay record a memorandum of any relevant facts observed at such inspection.
(2) Such memorandum shall form part of the record of the case and if the prosecutor, complainant or accused or any other party to the case, so desires, a copy of the memorandum shall be furnished to him free of cost.
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