Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 344
Power to direct tender of pardon
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BNSS Section 344 deals with power to direct tender of pardon and replaces CrPC 307.
Bare act text — BNSS 344
344. Power to direct tender of pardon.
At any time after commitment of a case but before judgment is passed, the Court to which the commitment is made may, with a view to obtaining at the trial the evidence of any person supposed to have been directly or indirectly concerned in, or privy to, any such offence, tender a pardon on the same condition to such person.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 344 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 344 (Power to direct tender of pardon) replaces Section 307 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 307 is now BNSS 344.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 339 — Permission to conduct prosecution
- BNSS 340 — Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended
- BNSS 341 — Legal aid to accused at State expense in certain cases
- BNSS 342 — Procedure when corporation or registered society is an accused
- BNSS 343 — Tender of pardon to accomplice
- BNSS 345 — Trial of person not complying with conditions of pardon
- BNSS 346 — Power to postpone or adjourn proceedings
- BNSS 347 — Local inspection
- BNSS 348 — Power to summon material witness, or examine person present
- BNSS 349 — Power of Magistrate to order person to give specimen signatures or handwriting, etc