CrPC 455BNSS 501

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Under Section 501 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 455 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973)...

Bare act text — BNSS 501

501. Destruction of libellous and other matter.—(1) On a conviction under section 294, section 295, or sub-sections (3) and (4) of section 356 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Court may order the destruction of all the copies of the thing in respect of which the conviction was had, and which are in the custody of the Court or remain in the possession or power of the person convicted. (2) The Court may, in like manner, on a conviction under section 274 , section 275 , section 276 or section 277 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, order the food, drink, drug or medical preparation in respect of which the conviction was had, to be destroyed.