📌 Important Sections of BNSS 2023
- Section 2- Definitions.
- Section 6- Classes of Criminal Courts.
- 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 24- Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine.
- Section 25- Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial.
- Section 35 to Section 62- Arrest of Persons.
- 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 63 to Section 71- Summons.
- Section 72 to Section 83- Warrant of Arrest.
- Section 84- Proclamation for person absconding.
- Section 85- Attachment of property of person absconding.
- Section 90- Issue of warrant in lieu of, or in addition to, summons.
- Section 91- Power to take bond for appearance.
- Section 96- When search-warrant may be issued.
- Section 100- Search for persons wrongfully confined.
- Section 106- Power of police officer to seize certain property.
•Section 125- Security for keeping the peace on conviction. - Section 126- Security for keeping the peace in other cases.
- Section 127- Security for good behaviour from persons disseminating certain matters.
- Section 128- Security for good behaviour from suspected persons.
- Section 129- Security for good behaviour from habitual offenders.
- Section 144 to Section 147- CHAPTER X ORDER FOR MAINTENANCE OF WIVES, CHILDREN AND PARENTS
- Section 148- Dispersal of assembly by use of civil force.
- Section 149- Use of armed forces to disperse assembly.
- Section 152- Conditional order for removal of nuisance.
- Section 163- Power to issue order in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger.
- Section 173 to Section 196- CHAPTER XIII: INFORMATION TO THE POLICE AND THEIR POWERS TO INVESTIGATE.
- Section 197 to Section 209-CHAPTER XIV: JURISDICTION OF THE CRIMINAL COURTS IN INQUIRIES AND TRIALS.
- Section 210-* Cognizance of offences by Magistrates.
- 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 219- Prosecution for offences against marriage.
- Section 222- Prosecution for defamation.
- Section 223 to Section 226 CHAPTER XVI:- COMPLAINTS TO MAGISTRATES.
- Section 227- Issue of process.
- Section 234 to Section 247-CHAPTER XVIII:- THE CHARGE
- Section 248 to Section 260 CHAPTER XIX:- TRIAL BEFORE A COURT OF SESSION.
- Section 261 to Section 273 CHAPTER XX:- TRIAL OF WARRANT-CASES BY MAGISTRATES.
- Section 283- Power to try summarily.
- Section 284- Summary trial by Magistrate of the second class.
- Section 289 to Section 300- CHAPTER XXIII: PLEA BARGAINING.
- Section 337- Person once convicted or acquitted not to be tried for same offence.
- Section 341- Legal aid to accused at State expense in certain cases.
- Section 344- Power to direct tender of pardon.
- Section 348- Power to summon material witness, or examine person present.
- Section 351- Power to examine the accused.
- Section 353- Accused person to be competent witness.
- Section 359- Compounding of offences.
- Section 407- Sentence of death to be submitted by Court of Session for confirmation.
- Section 409- Power of High Court to confirm sentence or annul conviction.
- Section 436- Reference to High Court.
- Section 442- High Court’s powers of revision.
- Section 478- In what cases bail to be taken.
- Section 479- Maximum period for which an undertrial prisoner can be detained.
- Section 480- When bail may be taken in case of non-bailable offence.
- Section 482- Direction for grant of bail to person apprehending arrest.
- Section 483- Special powers of High Court or Court of Session regarding bail.
- Section 506- proceedings. Irregularities which do not vitiate
- Section 507- Irregularities which vitiate proceedings.
- Section 514- Bar to taking cognizance after lapse of the period of limitation.
- Section 528- Saving of inherent power of High Court