Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 90

BNSS 90: earlier CrPC 87

Section 90 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 87 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 90 deals with issue of warrant in lieu of, or in addition to, summons. 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 90 was CrPC 87.

Issue of warrant in lieu of, or in addition to, summons.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. VI
s. 87
Issue of warrant in lieu of, or in addition to, summons
A Court may, in any case in which it is empowered by this Code to issue a summons for the appearance of any person, issue, after recording its reasons in writing, a warrant for his arrest—
(a) if, either before the issue of such summons, or after the issue of the same but before the time fixed for his appearance, the Court sees reason to believe that he has absconded or will not obey the summons; or
(b) if at such time he fails to appear and the summons is proved to have been duly served in time to admit of his appearing in accordance therewith and no reasonable excuse is offered for such failure.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. VI
s. 90
Issue of warrant in lieu of, or in addition to, summons.
A Court may, in any case in which it is empowered by this Sanhita to issue a summons for the appearance of any person, issue, after recording its reasons in writing, a warrant for his arrest—
(a) if, either before the issue of such summons, or after the issue of the same but before the time fixed for his appearance, the Court sees reason to believe that he has absconded or will not obey the summons; or
(b) if at such time he fails to appear and the summons is proved to have been duly served in time to admit of his appearing in accordance therewith and no reasonable excuse is offered for such failure.
Text from India Code

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