Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 100
Search for persons wrongfully confined
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BNSS Section 100 deals with search for persons wrongfully confined and replaces CrPC 97.
Bare act text — BNSS 100
100. Search for persons wrongfully confined.
If any District Magistrate, Sub-divisional Magistrate or Magistrate of the first class has reason to believe that any person is confined under such circumstances that the confinement amounts to an offence, he may issue a search-warrant, and the person to whom such warrant is directed may search for the person so confined; and such search shall be made in accordance therewith, and the person, if found, shall be immediately taken before a Magistrate, who shall make such order as in the circumstances of the case seems proper.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 100 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 100 (Search for persons wrongfully confined) replaces Section 97 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 97 is now BNSS 100.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 95 — Procedure as to letters
- BNSS 96 — When search-warrant may be issued
- BNSS 97 — Search of place suspected to contain stolen property, forged documents, etc
- BNSS 98 — Power to declare certain publications forfeited and to issue search-warrants for same
- BNSS 99 — Application to High Court to set aside declaration of forfeiture
- BNSS 101 — Power to compel restoration of abducted females
- BNSS 102 — Direction, etc., of search-warrants
- BNSS 103 — Persons in charge of closed place to allow search
- BNSS 104 — Disposal of things found in search beyond jurisdiction
- BNSS 105 — Recording of search and seizure through audio video electronic means