SECTION 406 BNSS – Court of Session to send copy of finding and sentence to District Magistrate

In cases tried by the Court of Session or a Chief Judicial Magistrate, the Court or such Magistrate, as the case may be, shall forward a copy of its or his finding and sentence (if any) to the District Magistrate within whose local jurisdiction the…

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SECTION 404 BNSS – Copy of judgment to be given to accused and other persons

(1) When the accused is sentenced to imprisonment, a copy of the judgment shall, immediately after the pronouncement of the judgment, be given to him free of cost. (2) On the application of the accused, a certified copy of the judgment, or when he so…

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SECTION 402 BNSS – Special reasons to be recorded in certain cases

Where in any case the Court could have dealt with,- (a) an accused person under section 401 or under the provisions of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958; or (b) a youthful offender under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 or…

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SECTION 401 BNSS – Order to release on probation of good conduct or after admonition

(1) When any person not under twenty-one years of age is convicted of an offence punishable with fine only or with imprisonment for a term of seven years or less, or when any person under twenty-one years of age or any woman is convicted of…

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SECTION 399 BNSS – Compensation to persons groundlessly arrested

(1) Whenever any person causes a police officer to arrest another person, if it appears to the Magistrate by whom the case is heard that there was no sufficient ground for causing such arrest, the Magistrate may award such compensation, not exceeding one thousand rupees,…

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