Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
288.Return of commission.-
(1) After any commission issued under section
284 has been duly executed, it shall be returned, together with the deposition
of the witness examined thereunder, to the Court or Magistrate issuing the
commission; and the commission, the return thereto and the deposition shall be
open at all reasonable times to inspection of the parties, and may, subject to
all just exceptions, be read in evidence in the case by either party, and shall
form part of the record.
(2) Any deposition so taken, if it satisfies the conditions prescribed by
section 33 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, may also be received in evidence
at any subsequent stage of the case before another Court.