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CrPC Section 171 in BNSS: Section 191

Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subjected to restraint

Section 171 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subjected to restraint) corresponds to Section 191 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.

Text of BNSS Section 191

191. No complainant or witness on his way to any Court shall be required to accompany a police officer, or shall be subjected to unnecessary restraint or inconvenience, or required to give any security for his appearance other than his own bond:

Provided that if any complainant or witness refuses to attend or to execute a bond as directed in section 190, the officer in charge of the police station may forward him in custody to the Magistrate, who may detain him in custody until he executes such bond, or until the hearing of the case is completed.

Diary of proceedings in investigation.

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