CrPC 2(wa)BNSS 2(1)(y)

What changed

• The words "for which accused person has been charged and the expression victim" are replaced by "of the accused person" etc.

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Under Section 2(1)(y) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 2(wa) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973)...

Bare act text — BNSS 2(1)(y)

(y) “victim” means a person who has suffered any loss or injury caused by reason of the act or omission of the accused person and includes the guardian or legal heir of such victim;