Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 235
Particulars as to time, place and person
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BNSS Section 235 deals with particulars as to time, place and person and replaces CrPC 212.
Bare act text — BNSS 235
235. Particulars as to time, place and person.
(1) The charge shall contain such particulars as to the time and place of the alleged offence, and the person (if any) against whom, or the thing (if any) in respect of which, it was committed, as are reasonably sufficient to give the accused notice of the matter with which he is charged.
(2) When the accused is charged with criminal breach of trust or dishonest misappropriation of money or other movable property, it shall be sufficient to specify the gross sum or, as the case may be, describe the movable property in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed, and the dates between which the offence is alleged to have been committed, without specifying particular items or exact dates, and the charge so framed shall be deemed to be a charge of one offence within the meaning of section 242: Provided that the time included between the first and last of such dates shall not exceed one year.
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What was BNSS Section 235 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 235 (Particulars as to time, place and person) replaces Section 212 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 212 is now BNSS 235.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 230 — Supply to accused of copy of police report and other documents
- BNSS 231 — Supply of copies of statements and documents to accused in other cases triable by Court of Session
- BNSS 232 — Commitment of case to Court of Session when offence is triable exclusively by it
- BNSS 233 — Procedure to be followed when there is a complaint case and police investigation in respect of same offence
- BNSS 234 — Contents of charge
- BNSS 236 — When manner of committing offence must be stated
- BNSS 237 — Words in charge taken in sense of law under which offence is punishable
- BNSS 238 — Effect of errors
- BNSS 239 — Court may alter charge
- BNSS 240 — Recall of witnesses when charge altered
