Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 177
Report how submitted
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BNSS Section 177 deals with report how submitted and replaces CrPC 158.
Bare act text — BNSS 177
177. Report how submitted.
(1) Every report sent to a Magistrate under section 176 shall, if the State Government so directs, be submitted through such superior officer of police as the State Government, by general or special order, appoints in that behalf.
(2) Such superior officer may give such instructions to the officer in charge of the police station as he thinks fit, and shall, after recording such instructions on such report, transmit the same without delay to the Magistrate.
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What was BNSS Section 177 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 177 (Report how submitted) replaces Section 158 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 158 is now BNSS 177.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 172 — Persons bound to conform to lawful directions of police
- BNSS 173 — Information in cognizable cases
- BNSS 174 — Information as to non-cognizable cases and investigation of such cases
- BNSS 175 — Police officer’s power to investigate cognizable case
- BNSS 176 — Procedure for investigation
- BNSS 178 — Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry
- BNSS 179 — Police officer's power to require attendance of witnesses
- BNSS 180 — Examination of witnesses by police
- BNSS 181 — Statements to police and use thereof
- BNSS 182 — No inducement to be offered