Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 398

BNSS 398: a new section, with no CrPC counterpart

Section 398 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is new: no section of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponds to it. BNSS 398 deals with witness protection scheme. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024. Its full text is set out below.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 398 is new.

Witness protection scheme. · No CrPC section corresponds to it.

New
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXIX
s. 398
Witness protection scheme.
Every State Government shall prepare and notify a Witness Protection Scheme for the State with a view to ensure protection of the witnesses.
Text from India Code
BNSS 397 · Treatment of victims.BNSS 399 · Compensation to persons groundlessly arrested.

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