Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 370
Resumption of inquiry or trial
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BNSS Section 370 deals with resumption of inquiry or trial and replaces CrPC 331.
Bare act text — BNSS 370
370. Resumption of inquiry or trial.
(1) Whenever an inquiry or a trial is postponed under section 367 or section 368, the Magistrate or Court, as the case may be, may at any time after the person concerned has ceased to be of unsound mind, resume the inquiry or trial and require the accused to appear or be brought before such Magistrate or Court.
(2) When the accused has been released under section 369, and the sureties for his appearance produce him to the officer whom the Magistrate or Court appoints in this behalf, the certificate of such officer that the accused is capable of making his defence shall be receivable in evidence.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 370 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 370 (Resumption of inquiry or trial) replaces Section 331 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 331 is now BNSS 370.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 365 — Conviction or commitment on evidence partly recorded by one Magistrate and partly by another
- BNSS 366 — Court to be open
- BNSS 367 — Procedure in case of accused being person of unsound mind
- BNSS 368 — Procedure in case of person of unsound mind tried before Court
- BNSS 369 — Release of person of unsound mind pending investigation or trial
- BNSS 371 — Procedure on accused appearing before Magistrate or Court
- BNSS 372 — When accused appears to have been of sound mind
- BNSS 373 — Judgment of acquittal on ground of unsoundness of mind
- BNSS 374 — Person acquitted on ground of unsoundness of mind to be detained in safe custody
- BNSS 375 — Power of State Government to empower officer in charge to discharge