Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
Chapter 26
General Provisions as to Inquiries & Trials
Chapter 26 Overview
This chapter of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita focuses on General Provisions as to Inquiries & Trials. It contains 30 sections that provide detailed legal provisions, definitions, procedures, and regulations related to this specific area of law.
Each section within this chapter addresses specific aspects of General Provisions as to Inquiries & Trials, providing clarity on legal requirements, obligations, rights, and procedures. These provisions are designed to ensure proper implementation and understanding of the law in this domain.
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Section 337
Person once convicted or acquitted not to be tried for same offence.
Section 338
Appearance by Public Prosecutors.
Section 339
Permission to conduct prosecution.
Section 340
Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended.
Section 341
Legal aid to accused at State expense in certain cases.
Section 342
Procedure when corporation or registered society is an accused.
Section 343
Tender of pardon to accomplice.
Section 344
Power to direct tender of pardon.
Section 345
Trial of person not complying with conditions of pardon.
Section 346
Power to postpone or adjourn proceedings.
Section 347
Local inspection.
Section 348
Power to summon material witness, or examine person present.
Section 349
Power of Magistrate to order person to give specimen signatures or handwriting, etc.
Section 350
Expenses of complainants and witnesses.
Section 351
Power to Examine Accused
Section 352
Oral arguments and memorandum of arguments
Section 353
Accused person to be competent witness.
Section 354
No influence to be used to induce disclosure.
Section 355
Provision for inquiries and trial being held in absence of accused in certain cases.
Section 356
Inquiry, trial or judgment in absentia of proclaimed offender.
Section 357
Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings.
Section 358
Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence.
Section 359
Compounding of offences.
Section 360
Withdrawal from prosecution.
Section 361
Procedure in cases which Magistrate cannot dispose of.
Section 362
Procedure when after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be committed.
Section 363
Trial of persons previously convicted of offences against coinage, stamp-law or property.
Section 364
Procedure when Magistrate cannot pass sentence sufficiently severe.
Section 365
Conviction or commitment on evidence partly recorded by one Magistrate and partly by another.
Section 366
Court to be open.