Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 78
Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay
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BNSS Section 78 deals with person arrested to be brought before court without delay and replaces CrPC 76.
Bare act text — BNSS 78
78. Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay.
The police officer or other person executing a warrant of arrest shall (subject to the provisions of section 73 as to security) without unnecessary delay bring the person arrested before the Court before which he is required by law to produce such person: Provided that such delay shall not, in any case, exceed twenty-four hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate's Court.
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What was BNSS Section 78 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 78 (Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay) replaces Section 76 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 76 is now BNSS 78.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 73 — Power to direct security to be taken
- BNSS 74 — Warrants to whom directed
- BNSS 75 — Warrant may be directed to any person
- BNSS 76 — Warrant directed to police officer
- BNSS 77 — Notification of substance of warrant
- BNSS 79 — Where warrant may be executed
- BNSS 80 — Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction
- BNSS 81 — Warrant directed to police officer for execution outside jurisdiction
- BNSS 82 — Procedure on arrest of person against whom warrant issued
- BNSS 83 — Procedure by Magistrate before whom such person arrested is brought