CrPC 181BNSS 201

What changed

• The words "of being a thug, or murder committed by a thug" are excluded as definition of Thug and punishment being one are also excluded from the BNS.

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Under Section 201 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 181 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973)...

Bare act text — BNSS 201

201. Place of trial in case of certain offences.—(1) Any offence of dacoity, or of dacoity with murder, of belonging to a gang of dacoits, or of escaping from custody, may be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction the offence was committed or the accused person is found. (2) Any offence of kidnapping or abduction of a person may be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction the person was kidnapped or abducted or was conveyed or concealed or detained. (3) Any offence of theft, extortion or robbery may be inquired into or tried by a Cou rt within whose local jurisdiction the offence was committed or the stolen property which isthe subject of the offence was possessed by any person committing it or by any person who received or retained such property knowing or having reason to believe it to be stolen property. (4) Any offence of criminal misappropriation or of criminal breach of trust may be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction the offence was committed or any part of the property which is the subject of the offence was received or retained, or was required to be returned or accounted for, by the accused person. (5) Any offence which includes the possession of stolen property may be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction the offence wa s committed or the stolen property was possessed by any person who received or retained it knowing or having reason to believe it to be stolen property.