Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 60
Discharge of person apprehended
In one line
BNSS Section 60 deals with discharge of person apprehended and replaces CrPC 59.
Bare act text — BNSS 60
60. Discharge of person apprehended.
No person who has been arrested by a police officer shall be discharged except on his bond, or bail bond, or under the special order of a Magistrate.
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 59 → BNSS 60: "Bail" is replaced with "bail bond".
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 60 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 60 (Discharge of person apprehended) replaces Section 59 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 59 is now BNSS 60.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- 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
- BNSS 61 — Power, on escape, to pursue and retake
- BNSS 62 — Arrest to be made strictly according to Sanhita
- BNSS 63 — Form of summons
- BNSS 64 — Summons how served
- BNSS 65 — Service of summons on corporate bodies, firms, and societies