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BNSS Section 357: Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings

Section 357 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with procedure where accused does not understand proceedings. It replaces CrPC 318 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Text of BNSS Section 357

357. If the accused, though not a person of unsound mind, cannot be made to understand the proceedings, the Court may proceed with the inquiry or trial; and, in the case of a Court other than a High Court, if such proceedings result in a conviction, the proceedings shall be forwarded to the High Court with a report of the circumstances of the case, and the High Court shall pass thereon such order as it thinks fit.

Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence.

CrPC sections replaced

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