Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Section 58

CrPC 58 in BNSS: Section 59

Section 58 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 corresponds to Section 59 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. CrPC 58 deals with police to report apprehensions. 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 58 is now BNSS 59.

Police to report apprehensions

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. V
s. 58
Police to report apprehensions
Officers in charge of police stations shall report to the District Magistrate, or, if he so directs, to the Sub-divisional Magistrate, the cases of all persons arrested without warrant, within the limits of their respective stations, whether such persons have been admitted to bail or otherwise.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. V
s. 59
Police to report apprehensions.
Officers in charge of police stations shall report to the District Magistrate, or, if he so directs, to the Sub-divisional Magistrate, the cases of all persons arrested without warrant, within the limits of their respective stations, whether such persons have been admitted to bail or otherwise.
Text from India Code
Related sectionsBNSS 59 · Police to report apprehensions.
CrPC 57 · Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hoursCrPC 59 · Discharge of person apprehended

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