Section 91 of CrPC : Section 91: Summons To Produce Document Or Other Thing

Explanation using Example

Imagine a situation where the police are investigating a case of embezzlement within a company. They have reason to believe that the company's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has been manipulating the books to siphon off funds. The investigating officer determines that access to the company's financial records is crucial to understanding the flow of money and to trace any discrepancies.

In this scenario, the officer in charge of the police station uses Section 91 of The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to issue a written order to the CFO, who has control over these financial documents. The order requires the CFO to produce the accounting books, bank statements, and other relevant financial documents at a specified date and time for examination in the investigation.

The CFO, instead of attending personally, sends a representative from the company's accounting department with the requested documents to the police station on the specified date and time, thereby complying with the requisition as per subsection (2) of Section 91.