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BNSS Section 501: Destruction of libellous and other matter

Section 501 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with destruction of libellous and other matter. It replaces CrPC 455 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Text of BNSS Section 501

501. (1) On a conviction under section 294, section 295, or sub-sections (3) and (4) of section 356 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Court may order the destruction of all the copies of the thing in respect of which the conviction was

had, and which are in the custody of the Court or remain in the possession or power of the person convicted.

(2) The Court may, in like manner, on a conviction under section 274, section

CrPC sections replaced

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