BNSS Section 472: Mercy Petition in death sentence cases

BNSS Section 472 has no direct counterpart in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

1. BNSS 472CrPC: —New provision

   Mercy Petition in death sentence cases.

   Newly added section.

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.