Cr.P.C Section 505

Parties may examine witnesses.

(1) The parties to any proceeding under this Code in which a commission is issued, may respectively forward any interrogatories in writing which the Magistrate or Court directing the commission may think relevant to the issue 5[and when the commission is directed to a Magistrate or officer mentioned in section 503, such Magistrate or the Officer] [to whom the duty of executing such commission has been delegated] shall examine the witness upon such interrogations.

(2) Any such party may appear before such Magistrate or [*******]officer] by pleader, or if not in custody, in person, and may examine, crossexamine and reexamine (as the case may be) the said witness.