Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 54
Identification of person arrested
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BNSS Section 54 deals with identification of person arrested and replaces CrPC 54A.
Bare act text — BNSS 54
54. Identification of person arrested.
Where a person is arrested on a charge of committing an offence and his identification by any other person or persons is considered necessary for the purpose of investigation of such offence, the Court, having jurisdiction may, on the request of the officer in charge of a police station, direct the person so arrested to subject himself to identification by any person or persons in such manner as the Court may deem fit: Provided that if the person identifying the person arrested is mentally or physically disabled, such process of identification shall take place under the supervision of a Magistrate who shall take appropriate steps to ensure that such person identifies the person arrested using methods that person is comfortable with and the identification process shall be recorded by any audio-video electronic means.
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 54A → BNSS 54: The second proviso is excluded as it is already covered under the first proviso by adding the words "the identification process shall be recorded by any audio-video electronic means.".
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 54 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 54 (Identification of person arrested) replaces Section 54A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 54A is now BNSS 54.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 49 — Search of arrested person
- BNSS 50 — Power to seize offensive weapons
- BNSS 51 — Examination of accused by medical practitioner at request of police officer
- BNSS 52 — Examination of person accused of rape by medical practitioner
- BNSS 53 — Examination of arrested person by medical officer
- BNSS 55 — Procedure when police officer deputes subordinate to arrest without warrant
- BNSS 56 — Health and safety of arrested person
- BNSS 57 — Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police station
- BNSS 58 — Person arrested not to be detained more than twenty-four hours
- BNSS 59 — Police to report apprehensions