Code of Criminal Procedure
CrPC 171 is now BNSS 191.
Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subjected to restraint
Carried over
98% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XII
s. 171
Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subjected to restraint
No complainant or witness on his way to any Court shall be required to accompany a police officer, or shall be subjected to unnecessary restraint or inconvenience, or required to give any security for his appearance other than his own bond:
Provided that, if any complainant or witness refuses to attend or to execute a bond as directed in section 170, the officer in charge of the police station may forward him in custody to the Magistrate, who may detain him in custody until he executes such bond, or until the hearing of the case is completed.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XIII
s. 191
Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subject to restraint.
No complainant or witness on his way to any Court shall be required to accompany a police officer, or shall be subjected to unnecessary restraint or inconvenience, or required to give any security for his appearance other than his own bond:
Provided that if any complainant or witness refuses to attend or to execute a bond as directed in section 190, the officer in charge of the police station may forward him in custody to the Magistrate, who may detain him in custody until he executes such bond, or until the hearing of the case is completed.
Text from India Code