What is CrPC 355 in BNSS?

CrPC 355 in BNSS: no corresponding section

Section 355 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 was not carried into the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023: no BNSS section corresponds to it. CrPC 355 deals with metropolitan Magistrate's judgment. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the CrPC. Its full text is set out below.

Code of Criminal Procedure

CrPC 355 has no counterpart in the BNSS.

Metropolitan Magistrate's judgment · It was not carried into the 2023 code.

Dropped

Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXVII

s. 355

Metropolitan Magistrate's judgment

Instead of recording a judgment in the manner hereinbefore provided, a Metropolitan Magistrate shall record the following particulars, namely:—

(a) the serial number of the case;

(b) the date of the commission of the offence;

(d) the name of the accused person, and his parentage and residence;

(e) the offence complained of or proved;

(f) the plea of the accused and his examination (if any);

(g) the final order;

(h) the date of such order;

(i) in all cases in which an appeal lies from the final order either under section 373 or under sub-section (3) of section 374, a brief statement of the reasons for the decision.

Text from the official India Code PDF