Section 377 of THE BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023 – BNSS

Procedure where person of unsound mind detained is declared fit to be released. 377. (1) If a person is detained under the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 369, or section 374, and such Inspector-General or visitors shall certify that, in his or their judgment, he may be released without danger of his doing injury … Read more

Section 376 of THE BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023 – BNSS

Procedure where prisoner of unsound mind is reported capable of making his defence. 376. If a person is detained under the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 369, and in the case of a person detained in a jail, the Inspector-General of Prisons, or, in the case of a person detained in a public mental … Read more

Section 375 of THE BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023 – BNSS

Power of State Government to empower officer in charge to discharge. 375. The State Government may empower the officer in charge of the jail in which a person is confined under the provisions of section 369 or section 374 to discharge all or any of the functions of the Inspector-General of Prisons under section 376 … Read more