Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 84
Proclamation for person absconding
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BNSS Section 84 deals with proclamation for person absconding and replaces CrPC 82.
Bare act text — BNSS 84
84. Proclamation for person absconding.
(1) If any Court has reason to believe (whether after taking evidence or not) that any person against whom a warrant has been issued by it has absconded or is concealing himself so that such warrant cannot be executed, such Court may publish a written proclamation requiring him to appear at a specified place and at a specified time not less than thirty days from the date of publishing such proclamation.
(2) The proclamation shall be published as follows:— (i) (a) it shall be publicly read in some conspicuous place of the town or village in which such person ordinarily resides; (b) it shall be affixed to some conspicuous part of the house or homestead in which such person ordinarily resides or to some conspicuous place of such town or village; (c) a copy thereof shall be affixed to some conspicuous part of the Court-house; (ii) the Court may also, if it thinks fit, direct a copy of the proclamation to be published in a daily newspaper circulating in the place in which such person ordinarily resides.
(3) A statement in writing by the Court issuing the proclamation to the effect that the proclamation was duly published on a specified day, in the manner specified in clause (i) ofsub-section (2), shall be conclusive evidence that the requirements of this section have been complied with, and that the proclamation was published on such day.
(4) Where a proclamation published under sub-section (1) is in respect of a person accused of an offence which is made punishable with imprisonment of ten years or more, or imprisonment for life or with death under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 or under any other law for the time being in force, and such person fails to appear at the specified place and time required by the proclamation, the Court may, after making such inquiry as it thinks fit, pronounce him a proclaimed offender and make a declaration to that effect.
(5) The provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3) shall apply to a declaration made by the Court under sub-section (4) as they apply to the proclamation published under sub-section (1).
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 82 → BNSS 84: In subsection (4), IPC sections are replaced by punishments related to corresponding BNS sections. the offence punishable for imprisonment of ten years or more, etc., is mentioned.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 84 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 84 (Proclamation for person absconding) replaces Section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 82 is now BNSS 84.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- 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
- BNSS 85 — Attachment of property of person absconding
- BNSS 86 — Identification and attachment of property of proclaimed person
- BNSS 87 — Claims and objections to attachment
- BNSS 88 — Release, sale and restoration of attached property
- BNSS 89 — Appeal from order rejecting application for restoration of attached property