Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 359: Compounding of offences
CrPC Section 320 is covered by BNSS Section 359.
- BNSS 359CrPC: 320Changed
Compounding of offences.
In the table of compoundable offences, the corresponding IPC sections are replaced by BNS sections. Section 497 IPC is excluded as it is not included in BNS. The rest remains same.
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.
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