Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 362 : Procedure when, after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be committed : (See section 323 of CrPC 1973) If, in any inquiry into an offence or a trial before a Magistrate, it appears to…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 361 : Procedure in cases which Magistrate cannot dispose of : (See section 322 of CrPC 1973) (1) If, in the course of any inquiry into an offence or a trial before a Magistrate in any district, the evidence…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 360 : Withdrawal from prosecution : (See section 321 of CrPC 1973) The Public Prosecutor or Assistant Public Prosecutor in charge of a case may, with the consent of the Court, at any time before the judgment is pronounced,…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 359 : Compounding of offences : (See section 320 of CrPC 1973) (1) The offences punishable under the sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 specified in the first two columns of the Table next following may be compounded…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 358 : Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence : (See section 319 of CrPC 1973) (1) Where, in the course of any inquiry into, or trial of, an offence, it appears from the…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 357 : Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings : (See section 318 of CrPC 1973) If the accused, though not a person of unsound mind, cannot be made to understand the proceedings, the Court may proceed with the…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 356 : Inquiry, trial or judgment in absentia of proclaimed offender : (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Sanhita or in any other law for the time being in force, when a person declared as a proclaimed offender, whether…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 355 : Provision for inquiries and trial being held in the absence of accused in certain cases : (See section 317 of CrPC 1973) (1) At any stage of an inquiry or trial under this Sanhita, if the Judge…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 354 : No influence to be used to induce disclosure : (See section 316 of CrPC 1973) Except as provided in sections 343 and 344, no influence, by means of any promise or threat or otherwise, shall be used…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 353 : Accused person to be competent witness : (See section 315 of CrPC 1973) (1) Any person accused of an offence before a Criminal Court shall be a competent witness for the defence and may give evidence on…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 352 : Oral arguments and memorandum of arguments : (See section 314 of CrPC 1973) (1) Any party to a proceeding may, as soon as may be, after the close of his evidence, address concise oral arguments, and may,…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 351 : Power to examine the accused : (See section 313 of CrPC 1973) (1) In every inquiry or trial, for the purpose of enabling the accused personally to explain any circumstances appearing in the evidence against him, the…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 350 : Expenses of complainants and witnesses : (See section 312 of CrPC 1973) Subject to any rules made by the State Government, any Criminal Court may, if it thinks fit, order payment, on the part of the Government,…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 349 : Power of Magistrate to order person to give specimen signatures or handwriting, etc : (See section 311A of CrPC 1973) If a Magistrate of the first class is satisfied that, for the purposes of any investigation or…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 348 : Power to summon material witness, or examine person present : (See section 311 of CrPC 1973) Any Court may, at any stage of any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Sanhita, summon any person as a…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 347 : Local inspection : (See section 310 of CrPC 1973) (1) Any Judge or Magistrate may, at any stage of any inquiry, trial or other proceeding, after due notice to the parties, visit and inspect any place in…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 346 : Power to postpone or adjourn proceedings : (See section 309 of CrPC 1973) (1) In every inquiry or trial the proceedings shall be continued from day-to-day basis until all the witnesses in attendance have been examined, unless…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 345 : Trial of person not complying with conditions of pardon : (See section 308 of CrPC 1973) (1) Where, in regard to a person who has accepted a tender of pardon made under section 343 or section 344,…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 344 : Power to direct tender of pardon : (See section 307 of CrPC 1973) At any time after commitment of a case but before judgment is passed, the Court to which the commitment is made may, with a…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 343 : Tender of pardon to accomplice : (See section 306 of CrPC 1973) (1) With a view to obtaining the evidence of any person supposed to have been directly or indirectly concerned in or privy to an offence…