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The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Chapter I: Chapter I
Chapter II: Chapter II
- Section 6: Classes of Criminal Courts
- Section 7: Territorial divisions
- Section 8: Court of Session
- Section 9: Courts of Judicial Magistrates
- Section 10: Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, etc
- Section 11: Special Judicial Magistrates
- Section 12: Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates
- Section 13: Subordination of Judicial Magistrates
- Section 14: Executive Magistrates
- Section 15: Special Executive Magistrates
- Section 16: Local Jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates
- Section 17: Subordination of Executive Magistrates
- Section 18: Public Prosecutors
- Section 19: Assistant Public Prosecutors
- Section 20: Directorate of Prosecution
Chapter III: Chapter III
- Section 21: Courts by which offences are triable
- Section 22: Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass
- Section 23: Sentences which Magistrates may pass
- Section 24: Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine
- Section 25: Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial
- Section 26: Mode of Conferring powers
- Section 27: Powers of Officers appointed
- Section 28: Withdrawal of powers
- Section 29: Powers of Judges and Magistrates exercisable by their successors-inoffice
Chapter IV: Chapter IV
- Section 30: Powers of Superior officers of police
- Section 31: Public when to Assist Magistrates and police
- Section 32: Aid to person, other than police officer, executing warrant
- Section 33: Public to give information of certain offences
- Section 34: Duty of Officers employed in connection with affairs of a village to make certain report
Chapter V: Chapter V
- Section 35: When police may arrest without warrant
- Section 36: Procedure of arrest and duties of officer making arrest
- Section 37: Designated police officer
- Section 38: Right of arrested person to meet an advocate of his choice during interrogation
- Section 39: Arrest on refusal to give name and residence
- Section 40: Arrest by private person and procedure on such arrest
- Section 41: Arrest by Magistrate
- Section 42: Protection of members of Armed Forces from arrest
- Section 43: Arrest how made
- Section 44: Search of place entered by person sought to be arrested
- Section 45: Pursuit of offenders into other jurisdictions
- Section 46: No unnecessary restraint
- Section 47: Person arrested to be informed of grounds of arrest and of right to bail
- Section 48: Obligation of person making arrest to inform about arrest, etc., to relative or friend
- Section 49: Search of Arrested person
- Section 50: Power to seize offensive weapons
- Section 51: Examination of accused by medical practitioner at request of police officer
- Section 52: Examination of person accused of rape by medical practitioner
- Section 53: Examination of arrested person by medical officer
- Section 54: Identification of person arrested
- Section 55: Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant
- Section 56: Health and safety of arrested person
- Section 57: Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station
- Section 58: Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours
- Section 59: Police to Report apprehensions
- Section 60: Discharge of Person apprehended
- Section 61: Power, on escape, to pursue and retake
- Section 62: Arrest to be made strictly according to Sanhita
Chapter VI: Chapter VI
- Section 63: Form of summons
- Section 64: Summons how served
- Section 65: Service of summons on corporate bodies, firms, and societies
- Section 66: Service when persons summoned cannot be found
- Section 67: Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided
- Section 68: Service on Government servant
- Section 69: Service of Summons outside local limits
- Section 70: Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present
- Section 71: Service of summons on witness
- Section 72: Form of warrant of arrest and duration
- Section 73: Power to direct security to be taken
- Section 74: Warrants to whom directed
- Section 75: Warrant may be directed to any person
- Section 76: Warrant directed to police officer
- Section 77: Notification of substance of warrant
- Section 78: Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay
- Section 79: Where warrant may be executed
- Section 80: Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction
- Section 81: Warrant directed to police officer for execution outside jurisdiction
- Section 82: Procedure on arrest of person against whom warrant issued
- Section 83: Procedure by Magistrate before whom such person arrested is brought
- Section 84: Proclamation for person absconding
- Section 85: Attachment of property of person absconding
- Section 86: Identification and attachment of property of proclaimed person
- Section 87: Claims and objections to attachment
- Section 88: Release, sale and restoration of attached property
- Section 89: Appeal from order rejecting application for restoration of attached property
- Section 90: Issue of warrant in lieu of, or in addition to, summons
- Section 91: Power to take bond or bail bond for appearance
- Section 92: Arrest on breach of bond or bail bond for appearance
- Section 93: Provisions of this Chapter generally applicable to summons and warrants of arrest
Chapter VII: Chapter VII
- Section 94: Summons to Produce document or other thing
- Section 95: Procedure as to letters
- Section 96: When searchwarrant may be issued
- Section 97: Search of place suspected to contain stolen property, forged documents, etc
- Section 98: Power to declare certain publications forfeited and to issue searchwarrants for same
- Section 99: Application to High Court to set aside declaration of forfeiture
- Section 100: Search for Persons wrongfully confined
- Section 101: Power to compel restoration of abducted females
- Section 102: Direction, etc., of search-warrants
- Section 103: Persons in charge of closed place to allow search
- Section 104: Disposal of things found in search beyond jurisdiction
- Section 105: Recording of search and seizure through audio video electronic means
- Section 106: Power of police officer to seize certain property
- Section 107: Attachment, forfeiture or restoration of property
- Section 108: Magistrate may direct search in his presence
- Section 109: Power to impound document, etc., produced
- Section 110: Reciprocal arrangements regarding processes
Chapter VIII: Chapter VIII
- Section 111: Definitions
- Section 112: Letter of request to competent authority for investigation in a country or place outside India
- Section 113: Letter of request from a country or place outside India to a Court or an authority for investigation in India
- Section 114: Assistance in Securing transfer of persons
- Section 115: Assistance in relation to orders of attachment or forfeiture of property
- Section 116: Identifying unlawfully acquired property
- Section 117: Seizure or attachment of property
- Section 118: Management of properties seized or forfeited under this Chapter
- Section 119: Notice of forfeiture of property
- Section 120: Forfeiture of property in certain cases
- Section 121: Fine in lieu of forfeiture
- Section 122: Certain transfers to be null and void
- Section 123: Procedure in respect of letter of request
- Section 124: Application of this Chapter
Chapter IX: Chapter IX
- Section 125: Security for keeping peace on conviction
- Section 126: Security for keeping peace in other cases
- Section 127: Security for good behavior from persons disseminating certain matters
- Section 128: Security for good behavior from suspected persons
- Section 129: Security for good behavior from habitual offenders
- Section 130: Order to be made
- Section 131: Procedure in respect of person present in Court
- Section 132: Summons or warrant in case of person not so present
- Section 133: Copy of order to accompany summons or warrant
- Section 134: Power to dispense with personal attendance
- Section 135: Inquiry as to truth of information
- Section 136: Order to give security
- Section 137: Discharge of person informed against
- Section 138: Commencement of period for which security is required
- Section 139: Contents of bond
- Section 140: Power to reject sureties
- Section 141: Imprisonment in default of security
- Section 142: Power to release persons imprisoned for failing to give security
- Section 143: Security for unexpired period of bond
Chapter X: Chapter X
Chapter XI: Chapter XI
- Section 148: Dispersal of assembly by use of civil force
- Section 149: Use of armed forces to disperse assembly
- Section 150: Power of certain armed force officers to disperse assembly
- Section 151: Protection against prosecution for acts done under sections 148, 149 and 150
- Section 152: Conditional order for removal of nuisance
- Section 153: Service or notification of order
- Section 154: Person to whom order is addressed to obey or show cause
- Section 155: Penalty for failure to comply with section 154
- Section 156: Procedure where existence of public right is denied
- Section 157: Procedure where person against whom order is made under section 152 appears to show cause
- Section 158: Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert
- Section 159: Power of Magistrate to furnish written instructions, etc
- Section 160: Procedure on order being made absolute and consequences of disobedience
- Section 161: Injunction pending inquiry
- Section 162: Magistrate may prohibit repetition or continuance of public nuisance
- Section 163: Power to issue order in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger
- Section 164: Procedure where dispute concerning land or water is likely to cause breach of peace
- Section 165: Power to attach subject of dispute and to appoint receiver
- Section 166: Dispute concerning right of use of land or water
- Section 167: Local inquiry
Chapter XII: Chapter XII
- Section 168: Police to prevent cognizable offences
- Section 169: Information of design to commit cognizable offences
- Section 170: Arrest to prevent commission of cognizable offences
- Section 171: Prevention of injury to public property
- Section 172: Persons bound to conform to lawful directions of police
Chapter XIII: Chapter XIII
- Section 173: Information in cognizable cases
- Section 174: Information as to non-cognizable cases and investigation of such cases
- Section 175: Police officer's power to investigate cognizable case
- Section 176: Procedure for investigation
- Section 177: Report how submitted
- Section 178: Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry
- Section 179: Police officer's power to require attendance of witnesses
- Section 180: Examination of witnesses by police
- Section 181: Statements to police and use thereof
- Section 182: No inducement to be offered
- Section 183: Recording of confessions and statements
- Section 184: Medical Examination of victim of rape
- Section 185: Search by police officer
- Section 186: When officer in charge of police station may require another to issue search-warrant
- Section 187: Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty-four hours
- Section 188: Report of investigation by subordinate police officer
- Section 189: Release of accused when evidence deficient
- Section 190: Cases to be sent to Magistrate, when evidence is sufficient
- Section 191: Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subject to restraint
- Section 192: Diary of proceedings in investigation
- Section 193: Report of police officer on completion of investigation
- Section 194: Police to enquire and report on suicide, etc
- Section 195: Power to summon persons
- Section 196: Inquiry by Magistrate into cause of death
Chapter XIV: Chapter XIV
- Section 197: Ordinary place of inquiry and trial
- Section 198: Place of inquiry or trial
- Section 199: Offence triable where act is done or consequence ensues
- Section 200: Place of trial where act is an offence by reason of relation to other offence
- Section 201: Place of trial in case of certain offences
- Section 202: Offences committed by means of electronic communications, letters, etc
- Section 203: Offence committed on journey or voyage
- Section 204: Place of trial for offences triable together
- Section 205: Power to order cases to be tried in different sessions divisions
- Section 206: High Court to decide, in case of doubt, district where inquiry or trial shall take place
- Section 207: Power to issue summons or warrant for offence committed beyond local jurisdiction
- Section 208: Offence committed outside India
- Section 209: Receipt of Evidence relating to offences committed outside India
Chapter XV: Chapter XV
- Section 210: Cognizance of offences by Magistrate
- Section 211: Transfer on application of accused
- Section 212: Making over of cases to Magistrates
- Section 213: Cognizance of offences by Court of Session
- Section 214: Additional Sessions Judges to try cases made over to them
- Section 215: Prosecution for contempt of lawful authority of public servants, for offences against public justice and for offences relating to documents given in evidence
- Section 216: Procedure for witnesses in case of threatening, etc
- Section 217: Prosecution for offences against State and for criminal conspiracy to commit such offence
- Section 218: Prosecution of Judges and Public servants
- Section 219: Prosecution for offences against marriage
- Section 220: Prosecution of offences under section 85 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
- Section 221: Cognizance of offence
- Section 222: Prosecution for defamation
Chapter XVI: Chapter XVI
- Section 223: Examination of complainant
- Section 224: Procedure by Magistrate not competent to take cognizance of case
- Section 225: Postponement of issue of process
- Section 226: Dismissal of complaint
- Section 227: Issue of process
- Section 228: Magistrate may dispense with personal attendance of accused
- Section 229: Special summons in cases of petty offence
- Section 230: Supply to accused of copy of police report and other documents
- Section 231: Supply of copies of statements and documents to accused in other cases triable by Court of Session
- Section 232: Commitment of case to Court of Session when offence is triable exclusively by it
- Section 233: Procedure to be followed when there is a complaint case and police investigation in respect of same offence
Chapter XVIII: Chapter XVIII
- Section 234: Contents of charge
- Section 235: Particulars as to time, place and person
- Section 236: When manner of committing offence must be stated
- Section 237: Words in charge taken in sense of law under which offence is punishable
- Section 238: Effect of errors
- Section 239: Court may alter charge
- Section 240: Recall of Witnesses when charge altered
- Section 241: Separate charges for distinct offences
- Section 242: Offences of same kind within year may be charged together
- Section 243: Trial for more than one offence
- Section 244: Where it is doubtful what offence has been committed
- Section 245: When offence proved included in offence charged
- Section 246: What persons may be charged jointly
- Section 247: Withdrawal of remaining charges on conviction on one of several charges
Chapter XIX: Chapter XIX
- Section 248: Trial to be conducted by Public Prosecutor
- Section 249: Opening case for prosecution
- Section 250: Discharge
- Section 251: Framing of charge
- Section 252: Conviction on plea of guilty
- Section 253: Date for Prosecution evidence
- Section 254: Evidence for prosecution
- Section 255: Acquittal
- Section 256: Entering upon defence
- Section 257: Arguments
- Section 258: Judgment of acquittal or conviction
- Section 259: Previous conviction
- Section 260: Procedure in cases instituted under sub-section (2) of section 222
Chapter XX: Chapter XX
- Section 261: Compliance with section 230
- Section 262: When accused shall be discharged
- Section 263: Framing of charge
- Section 264: Conviction on plea of guilty
- Section 265: Evidence for prosecution
- Section 266: Evidence for defence
- Section 267: Evidence for prosecution
- Section 268: When accused shall be discharged
- Section 269: Procedure where accused is not discharged
- Section 270: Evidence for defence
- Section 271: Acquittal or conviction
- Section 272: Absence of complainant
- Section 273: Compensation for accusation without reasonable cause
Chapter XXI: Chapter XXI
- Section 274: AdSubstance of accusation to be stated
- Section 275: Conviction on plea of guilty
- Section 276: Conviction on plea of guilty in absence of accused in petty cases
- Section 277: Procedure when not convicted
- Section 278: Acquittal or conviction
- Section 279: Non-appearance or death of complainant
- Section 280: Withdrawal of complaint
- Section 281: Power to stop proceedings in certain cases
- Section 282: Power of Court to convert summonscases into warrant-cases