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Section 191 - The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
191. Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subject to restraint.
No complainant or witness on his way to any Court shall be required to accompany a police officer, or shall be subjected to unnecessary restraint or inconvenience, or required to give any security for his appearance other than his own bond:
Provided that if any complainant or witness refuses to attend or to execute a bond as directed in section 190, the officer in charge of the police station may forward him in custody to the Magistrate, who may detain him in custody until he executes such bond, or until the hearing of the case is completed.
Related Sections
- Section Form No.12: Warrant to Search Suspected Place of Deposit
- Section 51: Examination of accused by medical practitioner at request of police officer
- Section 27: Powers of Officers appointed
- Section 237: Words in charge taken in sense of law under which offence is punishable
- Section 388: Imprisonment or committal of person refusing to answer or produce document
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