This category gives the bare text of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. It places each BNSS section beside the matching CrPC provision. The comparison table shows every change in a clear way.
You then get detailed commentary on the section. The notes explain the reform and its impact. They show how preventive steps are taken, investigation, arrest, bail, trial and appeals now work under the new law. At places I have tried to point out important timelines and safeguards.
Each article brings in case law. It cites recent Supreme Court judgments.
The commentary explains how the Court reads the provision highlighting major trends in criminal procedure. It sets out the settled position of law in simple terms.
A practitioner’s guide follows. It gives useful steps for lawyers, litigant and students. In some articles I have flagged common mistakes. I have also tried to suggest practical best practices wherever I have had personally dealt with cases touching concerned provision. .
FAQs appear at the end. They answer frequent questions in plain language.
The aim is to help readers understand, compare and use every BNSS section with ease. An informed citizenry can fast track the system.
Section-71 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Service of summons on witness – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 71. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding sections of this Chapter, a Court issuing a summons to a witness may, … Read more
Section-70 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Proof of service in such cases and when serving officer not present – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 70. (1) When a summons issued by a Court is served outside its local … Read more
Section-69 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Service on Government servant – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 69. When a Court desires that a summons issued by it shall be served at any place outside its local jurisdiction, it … Read more
Section-68 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Service on Government servant – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 68. (1) Where the person summoned is in the active service of the Government, the Court issuing the summons shall ordinarily send … Read more
Section-67 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 67. If service cannot by the exercise of due diligence be effected as provided in section 64, … Read more
Section-66 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Service when persons summoned cannot be found – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 66. Where the person summoned cannot, by the exercise of due diligence, be found, the summons may be served … Read more
Section-65 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Service of summons on corporate bodies, firms and societies – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 65. (1) Service of a summons on a company or corporation may be effected by serving it … Read more
Section-64 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Summons how served – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 64. (1) Every summons shall be served by a police officer, or subject to such rules as the State Government may make in … Read more
Section-63 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Form of summons – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 63. Every summons issued by a Court under this Sanhita shall be,— (i) in writing, in duplicate, signed by the presiding officer … Read more
Section-62 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Arrest to be made strictly according to Sanhita – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 62. No arrest shall be made except in accordance with the provisions of this Sanhita or any other … Read more
Section-61 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Power, on escape, to pursue and retake – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 61. (1) If a person in lawful custody escapes or is rescued, the person from whose custody he escaped … Read more
Section-60 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Discharge of person apprehended – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 60. No person who has been arrested by a police officer shall be discharged except on his own bond, or on bail, … Read more