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Section-113: Letter of request from a country or place outside India to a Court or an authority forinvestigation in India – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 113. Letter of request from a country or place outside India to a … Read more
Section-187: Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty-four hours – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 187. Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty-four hours.—(1) Whenever any person is arrested and detained in custody, and it appears that … Read more
Section-186: When officer in charge of police station may require another to issue search-warrant – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 186. When officer in charge of police station may require another to issue search-warrant.—(1) An officer in charge of … Read more
Section-185: Search by police officer – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 184. Search by police officer.—(1) Whenever an officer in charge of a police station or a police officer making an investigation has reasonable grounds for believing that anything … Read more
Section-184: Medical examination of victim of rape – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 184. Medical examination of victim of rape.—(1) Where, during the stage when an offence of committing rape or attempt to commit rape is under investigation, it … Read more
Section-183: Recording of confessions and statement – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 183. Recording of confessions and statements.—(1) Any Magistrate of the District in which theinformation about commission of any offence has been registered, may, whether or not he … Read more
Section-182: No inducement to be offered – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 182. No inducement to be offered.—(1) No police officer or other person in authority shall offer ormake, or cause to be offered or made, any such inducement, threat … Read more
Section-181: Statements to police and use thereof – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 181. Statements to police and use thereof.—(1) No statement made by any person to a police officer in the course of an investigation under this Chapter, shall, … Read more
Section-180: Examination of witnesses by police – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 180. Examination of witnesses by police.—(1) Any police officer making an investigation under thisChapter, or any police officer not below such rank as the State Government may, … Read more
Section-179: Police officer’s power to require attendance of witnesses – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 179. Police officer’s power to require attendance of witnesses.—(1) Any police officer making aninvestigation under this Chapter may, by order in writing, require the attendance … Read more
Section-178: Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 178. Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry.—The Magistrate, on receiving a reportunder section 176, may direct an investigation, or, if he thinks fit, at once … Read more
Section-177: Report how submitted – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code. Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) 177. Report how submitted.—(1) Every report sent to a Magistrate under section 176 shall, if the State Government so directs, be submitted through such superior officer of police as the … Read more