Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 342 : Procedure when corporation or registered society is an accused : (See section 305 of CrPC 1973) (1) In this section, "corporation" means an incorporated company or other body corporate, and includes a society registered under the Societies…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 341 : Legal aid to accused at State expense in certain cases : (See section 304 of CrPC 1973) (1) Where, in a trial or appeal before a Court, the accused is not represented by an advocate, and where…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 340 : Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended : (See section 303 of CrPC 1973) Any person accused of an offence before a Criminal Court, or against whom proceedings are instituted under this Sanhita,…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 339 : Permission to conduct prosecution : (See section 302 of CrPC 1973) (1) Any Magistrate inquiring into or trying a case may permit the prosecution to be conducted by any person other than a police officer below the…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 338 : Appearance by Public Prosecutors : (See section 301 of CrPC 1973) (1) The Public Prosecutor or Assistant Public Prosecutor in charge of a case may appear and plead without any written authority before any Court in which…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Chapter XXVI : General Provisions As To Inquiries And Trials : Section 337 : Person once convicted or acquitted not to be tried for same offence : (See section 300 of CrPC 1973) (1) A person who has once been…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 336 : Evidence of public servants, experts, police officers in certain cases : Where any document or report prepared by a public servant, scientific expert or medical officer is purported to be used as evidence in any inquiry, trial…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 335 : Record of evidence in absence of accused : (See section 299 of CrPC 1973) (1) If it is proved that an accused person has absconded, and that there is no immediate prospect of arresting him, the Court…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 334 : Previous conviction or acquittal how proved : (See section 298 of CrPC 1973) In any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Sanhita, a previous conviction or acquittal may be proved, in addition to any other mode…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 333 : Authorities before whom affidavits may be sworn : (See section 297 of CrPC 1973) (1) Affidavits to be used before any Court under this Sanhita may be sworn or affirmed before— (a) any Judge or Judicial or…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 332 : Evidence of formal character on affidavit : (See section 296 of CrPC 1973) (1) The evidence of any person whose evidence is of a formal character may be given by affidavit and may, subject to all just…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 331 : Affidavit in proof of conduct of public servants : (See section 295 of CrPC 1973) When any application is made to any Court in the course of any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Sanhita, and…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 330 : No formal proof of certain documents : (See section 294 of CrPC 1973) (1) Where any document is filed before any Court by the prosecution or the accused, the particulars of every such document shall be included…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 329 : Reports of certain Government scientific experts : (See section 293 of CrPC 1973) (1) Any document purporting to be a report under the hand of a Government scientific expert to whom this section applies, upon any matter…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 328 : Evidence of officers of the Mint : (See section 292 of CrPC 1973) (1) Any document purporting to be a report under the hand of a gazetted officer of any Mint or of any Note Printing Press…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 327 : Identification report of Magistrate : (See section 291A of CrPC 1973) (1) Any document purporting to be a report of identification under the hand of an Executive Magistrate in respect of a person or property may be…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 326 : Deposition of medical witness : (See section 291 of CrPC 1973) (1) The deposition of civil surgeon or other medical witness, taken and attested by a Magistrate in the presence of the accused, or taken on commission…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 325 : Execution of foreign commissions : (See section 290 of CrPC 1973) (1) The provisions of section 321 and so much of section 322 and section 323 as relate to the execution of a commission and its return…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 324 : Adjournment of proceeding : (See section 289 of CrPC 1973) In every case in which a commission is issued under section 319, the inquiry, trial or other proceeding may be adjourned for a specified time reasonably sufficient…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 323 : Return of commission : (See section 288 of CrPC 1973) (1) After any commission issued under section 319 has been duly executed, it shall be returned, together with the deposition of the witness examined thereunder, to the…