Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Section 158

CrPC 158 in BNSS: Section 177

Section 158 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponds to Section 177 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. CrPC 158 deals with report how submitted. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the CrPC. Both texts are set out below, side by side, with the changed words marked.

Code of Criminal Procedure

CrPC 158 is now BNSS 177.

Report how submitted

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XII
s. 158
Report how submitted
(1) Every report sent to a Magistrate under section 157 shall, if the State Government so directs, be submitted through such superior officer of police as the State Government, by general or special order, appoints in that behalf.
(2) Such superior officer may give such instructions to the officer in charge of the police station as he thinks fit, and shall, after recording such instructions on such report, transmit the same without delay to the Magistrate.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XIII
s. 177
Report how submitted.
(1) Every report sent to a Magistrate under section 176 shall, if the State Government so directs, be submitted through such superior officer of police as the State Government, by general or special order, appoints in that behalf.
(2) Such superior officer may give such instructions to the officer in charge of the police station as he thinks fit, and shall, after recording such instructions on such report, transmit the same without delay to the Magistrate.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsBNSS 177 · Report how submitted.
CrPC 157 · Procedure for investigationCrPC 159 · Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry

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