BNSS Section 356: Inquiry, trial or judgment in absentia of proclaimed offender

BNSS Section 356 has no direct counterpart in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

1. BNSS 356CrPC: —New provision

   Inquiry, trial or judgment in absentia of proclaimed offender.

   A newly added section which gives provision for Inquiry, trial or judgment in absentia of proclaimed offender. An extra-ordinary provision.

Source: Correspondence Table and Comparison Summary of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) to the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC), Central Academy for Police Training (CAPT), Bhopal — prepared by Anil Kishore Yadav, IPS, Director (PDF hosted on keralaprisons.gov.in). Check the bare act before relying on a section in court.