398. Every State Government shall prepare and notify a Witness Protection Scheme for the State with a view to ensure protection of the witnesses.
Compensation to persons groundlessly arrested.
BNSS Section 398: Witness protection scheme
Section 398 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with witness protection scheme. It has no direct equivalent in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; it is new in the BNSS.
Text of BNSS Section 398
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