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-23 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Sentences which Magistrates may pass – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 23. (1) The Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate may pass any sentence authorised by law except a sentence of death … Read more
Section-22 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 22. (1) A High Court may pass any sentence authorised by law. (2) A Sessions Judge … Read more
Section-21 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Courts by which offences are triable – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 21. Subject to the other provisions of this Sanhita,— (a) any offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 may … Read more
Section-20 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Directorate of Prosecution – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 20. (1) The State Government may establish,— (a) a Directorate of Prosecution in the State consisting of a Director of Prosecution and as … Read more
Section-19 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Assistant Public Prosecutor – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 19. (1) The State Government shall appoint in every district one or more Assistant Public Prosecutors for conducting prosecutions in the Courts of … Read more
Section-18 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Public Prosecutors – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 18. (1) For every High Court, the Central Government or the State Government shall, after consultation with the High Court, appoint a Public Prosecutor … Read more
Section-17 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Subordination of Executive Magistrates – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 17. (1) All Executive Magistrates shall be subordinate to the District Magistrate, and every Executive Magistrate (other than the Sub-divisional Magistrate) exercising … Read more
Section-16 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Local jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 16. (1) Subject to the control of the State Government, the District Magistrate may, from time to time, define the local … Read more
Section-15 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Special Executive Magistrates – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 15. The State Government may appoint, for such term as it may think fit, Executive Magistrates or any police officer not below the … Read more
Section-14 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Executive Magistrates – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 14. (1) In every district, the State Government may appoint as many persons as it thinks fit to be Executive Magistrates and shall appoint … Read more
Section-13 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Subordination of Judicial Magistrate – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 13. (1) Every Chief Judicial Magistrate shall be subordinate to the Sessions Judge; and every other Judicial Magistrate shall, subject to the … Read more
Section-12 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: Local jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrate – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 12. (1) Subject to the control of the High Court, the Chief Judicial Magistrate may, from time to time, define the … Read more