Section 298 in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section 298 of CRPC “Previous conviction or acquittal how proved”
In any inquiry trial or other proceedings under this Code a previous conviction or acquittal may be proved in addition to any other mode provided by any law for the time being in force –
(a) by an extract certified under the hand of the officer having the custody of the records of the Court in which such conviction or acquittal was held to be a copy of the sentence or order or
(b) in case of a conviction either by a certificate signed by the officer in charge of the Jail in which the punishment or any part thereof was undergone or by the production of the warrant of commitment under which the punishment was suffered together with in each of such cases, evidence as to the identity of the accused person with the person so convicted or acquitted.