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353. Accused person to be competent witness. (1) Any person accused of an offence before a Criminal Court shall be a competent witness for theRead More →

354. No influence to be used to induce disclosure. Except as provided in sections 343 and 344, no influence, by means of any promise orRead More →

355. Provision for inquiries and trial being held in absence of accused in certain cases. (1) At any stage of an inquiry or trial underRead More →

356. Inquiry, trial or judgment in absentia of proclaimed offender. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Sanhita or in any other law for the timeRead More →

357. Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings. If the accused, though not a person of unsound mind, cannot be made to understand the proceedings,Read More →

358. Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence. (1) Where, in the course of any inquiry into, or trial of,Read More →

359. Compounding of offences. (1) The offences punishable under the sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 specified in the first two columns of theRead More →

360. Withdrawal from prosecution. The Public Prosecutor or Assistant Public Prosecutor in charge of a case may, with the consent of the Court, at anyRead More →

361. Procedure in cases which Magistrate cannot dispose of. (1) If, in the course of any inquiry into an offence or a trial before aRead More →

362. Procedure when after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be committed. If, in any inquiry into an offence or a trialRead More →

363. Trial of persons previously convicted of offences against coinage, stamp-law or property. (1) Where a person, having been convicted of an offence punishable underRead More →

364. Procedure when Magistrate cannot pass sentence sufficiently severe. (1) Whenever a Magistrate is of opinion, after hearing the evidence for the prosecution and theRead More →

365. Conviction or commitment on evidence partly recorded by one Magistrate and partly by another. (1) Whenever any Judge or Magistrate, after having heard andRead More →

366. Court to be open. (1) The place in which any Criminal Court is held for the purpose of inquiring into or trying any offenceRead More →

CHAPTER XXVII – PROVISIONS AS TO ACCUSED PERSONS OF UNSOUND MIND 367. Procedure in case of accused being person of unsound mind. (1) When aRead More →

368. Procedure in case of person of unsound mind tried before Court. (1) If at the trial of any person before a Magistrate or CourtRead More →