Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 387

BNSS 387: earlier CrPC 348

Section 387 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 348 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 387 deals with discharge of offender on submission of apology. 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 387 was CrPC 348.

Discharge of offender on submission of apology.

Carried over
97% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXVI
s. 348
Discharge of offender on submission of apology
When any Court has under section 345 adjudged an offender to punishment, or has under section 346 forwarded him to a Magistrate for trial, for refusing or omitting to do anything which he was lawfully required to do or for any intentional insult or interruption, the Court may, in its discretion, discharge the offender or remit the punishment on his submission to the order or requisition of such Court, or on apology being made to its satisfaction.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXVIII
s. 387
Discharge of offender on submission of apology.
When any Court has under section 384 adjudged an offender to punishment, or has under section 385 forwarded him to a Magistrate for trial, for refusing or omitting to do anything which he was lawfully required to do or for any intentional insult or interruption, the Court may, in its discretion, discharge the offender or remit the punishment on his submission to the order or requisition of such Court, or on apology being made to its satisfaction.
Text from India Code

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