Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 344

BNSS 344: earlier CrPC 307

Section 344 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 307 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 344 deals with power to direct tender of pardon. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024. Both texts are set out below, side by side, with the changed words marked.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 344 was CrPC 307.

Power to direct tender of pardon.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXIV
s. 307
Power to direct tender of pardon
At any time after commitment of a case but before judgment is passed, the Court to which the commitment is made may, with a view to obtaining at the trial the evidence of any person supposed to have been directly or indirectly concerned in, or privy to, any such offence, tender a pardon on the same condition to such person.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXVI
s. 344
Power to direct tender of pardon.
At any time after commitment of a case but before judgment is passed, the Court to which the commitment is made may, with a view to obtaining at the trial the evidence of any person supposed to have been directly or indirectly concerned in, or privy to, any such offence, tender a pardon on the same condition to such person.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsCrPC 307 · Power to direct tender of pardon
BNSS 343 · Tender of pardon to accomplice.BNSS 345 · Trial of person not complying with conditions of pardon.

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