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…
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…