Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 191
Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subject to restraint
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BNSS Section 191 deals with complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subject to restraint and replaces CrPC 171.
Bare act text — BNSS 191
191. Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subject to restraint.
No complainant or witness on his way to any Court shall be required to accompany a police officer, or shall be subjected to unnecessary restraint or inconvenience, or required to give any security for his appearance other than his own bond: Provided that if any complainant or witness refuses to attend or to execute a bond as directed in section 190, the officer in charge of the police station may forward him in custody to the Magistrate, who may detain him in custody until he executes such bond, or until the hearing of the case is completed.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 191 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 191 (Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subject to restraint) replaces Section 171 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 171 is now BNSS 191.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 186 — When officer in charge of police station may require another to issue search-warrant
- BNSS 187 — Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty-four hours
- BNSS 188 — Report of investigation by subordinate police officer
- BNSS 189 — Release of accused when evidence deficient
- BNSS 190 — Cases to be sent to Magistrate, when evidence is sufficient
- BNSS 192 — Diary of proceedings in investigation
- BNSS 193 — Report of police officer on completion of investigation
- BNSS 194 — Police to enquire and report on suicide, etc
- BNSS 195 — Power to summon persons
- BNSS 196 — Inquiry by Magistrate into cause of death