Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 398
Witness protection scheme
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BNSS Section 398 deals with witness protection scheme; it is a new provision with no CrPC equivalent.
Bare act text — BNSS 398
398. Witness protection scheme.
Every State Government shall prepare and notify a Witness Protection Scheme for the State with a view to ensure protection of the witnesses.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 393 — Language and contents of judgment
- BNSS 394 — Order for notifying address of previously convicted offender
- BNSS 395 — Order to pay compensation
- BNSS 396 — Victim compensation scheme
- BNSS 397 — Treatment of victims
- BNSS 399 — Compensation to persons groundlessly arrested
- BNSS 400 — Order to pay costs in non-cognizable cases
- BNSS 401 — Order to release on probation of good conduct or after admonition
- BNSS 402 — Special reasons to be recorded in certain cases
- BNSS 403 — Court not to alter judgment