Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 334
Previous conviction or acquittal how proved
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BNSS Section 334 deals with previous conviction or acquittal how proved and replaces CrPC 298.
Bare act text — BNSS 334
334. Previous conviction or acquittal how proved.
In any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Sanhita, a previous conviction or acquittal may be proved, in addition to any other mode provided by any law for the time being in force,--- (a) by an extract certified under the hand of the officer having the custody of the records of the Court in which such conviction or acquittal was held, to be a copy of the sentence or order; or (b) in case of a conviction, either by a certificate signed by the officer in charge of the jail in which the punishment or any part thereof was undergone, or by production of the warrant of commitment under which the punishment was suffered, together with, in each of such cases, evidence as to the identity of the accused person with the person so convicted or acquitted.
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What was BNSS Section 334 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 334 (Previous conviction or acquittal how proved) replaces Section 298 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 298 is now BNSS 334.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 329 — Reports of certain Government scientific experts
- BNSS 330 — No formal proof of certain documents
- BNSS 331 — Affidavit in proof of conduct of public servants
- BNSS 332 — Evidence of formal character on affidavit
- BNSS 333 — Authorities before whom affidavits may be sworn
- BNSS 335 — Record of evidence in absence of accused
- BNSS 336 — Evidence of public servants, experts, police officers in certain cases
- BNSS 337 — Person once convicted or acquitted not to be tried for same offence
- BNSS 338 — Appearance by Public Prosecutors
- BNSS 339 — Permission to conduct prosecution