Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 387
Discharge of offender on submission of apology
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BNSS Section 387 deals with discharge of offender on submission of apology and replaces CrPC 348.
Bare act text — BNSS 387
387. Discharge of offender on submission of apology.
When any Court has under section 384 adjudged an offender to punishment, or has under section 385 forwarded him to a Magistrate for trial, for refusing or omitting to do anything which he was lawfully required to do or for any intentional insult or interruption, the Court may, in its discretion, discharge the offender or remit the punishment on his submission to the order or requisition of such Court, or on apology being made to its satisfaction.
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What was BNSS Section 387 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 387 (Discharge of offender on submission of apology) replaces Section 348 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 348 is now BNSS 387.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 382 — Procedure of Magistrate taking cognizance
- BNSS 383 — Summary procedure for trial for giving false evidence
- BNSS 384 — Procedure in certain cases of contempt
- BNSS 385 — Procedure where Court considers that case should not be dealt with under section 384
- BNSS 386 — When Registrar or Sub-Registrar to be deemed a Civil Court
- BNSS 388 — Imprisonment or committal of person refusing to answer or produce document
- BNSS 389 — Summary procedure for punishment for non-attendance by a witness in obedience to summons
- BNSS 390 — Appeals from convictions under sections 383, 384, 388 and 389
- BNSS 391 — Certain Judges and Magistrates not to try certain offences when committed before themselves
- BNSS 392 — Judgment