Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 → Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
CrPC 358BNSS 399
Compensation to persons groundlessly arrested
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Under Section 399 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 358 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973)...
Bare act text — BNSS 399
399. Compensation to persons groundlessly arrested .—(1) Whenever any person causes a police officer to arrest another person, if it appears to the Magistrate by whom the case is heard that there was no sufficient ground for causing such arrest, the Magistrate may award such compensation, not exceeding one thousand rupees, to be paid by the person so causing the arrest to the person so arrested, for his loss of time and expenses in the matter, as the Magistrate thinks fit. (2) In such cases, if more persons than one are arrested, the Magistrate may, in like manner, award to each of them such compensation, not exceeding one thousand rupees, as such Magistrate thinks fit. (3) All compensation awarded under this section may be recovered as if it were a fine, and, if it cannot be so recovered, the person by whom it is payable shall be sentenced to simple imprisonment for such term not exceeding thirty days as the Magistrate directs, unless such sum is sooner paid.
Frequently asked
What is CrPC 358 equivalent in BNSS?
CrPC Section 358 (Compensation to persons groundlessly arrested) corresponds to Section 399 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
What changed between CrPC 358 and BNSS 399?
No change.
How do I cite BNSS 399 in a pleading?
Under Section 399 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 358 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973)...
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