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CrPC Section 330 in BNSS: Section 369

Release of person of unsound mind pending investigation or trial

Section 330 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Release of person of unsound mind pending investigation or trial) corresponds to Section 369 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.

Text of BNSS Section 369

369, and in the case of a person detained in a jail, the Inspector-General of Prisons, or, in the case of a person detained in a public mental health establishment, the Mental Health Review Board constituted under the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, shall

certify that, in his or their opinion, such person is capable of making his defence, he shall be taken before the Magistrate or Court, as the case may be, at such time as the Magistrate or Court appoints, and the Magistrate or Court shall deal with such person under the provisions of section 371; and the certificate of such Inspector- General or visitors as aforesaid shall be receivable as evidence.

Procedure where person of unsound mind detained is declared fit to be released.

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