Section 287 in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section 287 of CRPC “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 Court or Magistrate directing the commission may think relevant to the issue and it shall be lawful for the Magistrate Court or officer to whom the commission is directed or to whom the duty of executing it is delegated to examine the witness upon such interrogatories.
(2) Any such party may appear before such magistrate Court or Officer by Pleader, or if not in custody in person and may examine cross-examine and re-examine (as the case may be) the said witness.