BNSS Section 191: Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subject to restraint
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 13: Information to the Police and Their Powers to Investigate
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¶191. 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.
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Replaces CrPC 171. CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03)
Official reference: Ministry of Home Affairs: Gazette text, 25 December 2023 — source link checked: 2 October 2026.Recorded edition / snapshot date: 2024-07-01.Mobile-app reference import; the recorded snapshot date is not a fresh legal-currency guarantee. The linked government text is an independent authoritative reference, not certification that this website reproduces the same edition. The source link was checked, not every provision or subsequent amendment. Check commencement notifications, savings and jurisdiction-specific variations separately.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 173. Information in cognizable cases
- 174. Information as to non-cognizable cases and investigation of such cases
- 175. Police officer's power to investigate cognizable case
- 176. Procedure for investigation
- 177. Report how submitted
- 178. Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry
- 179. Police officer's power to require attendance of witnesses
- 180. Examination of witnesses by police
- 181. Statements to police and use thereof
- 182. No inducement to be offered
- 183. Recording of confessions and statements
- 184. Medical examination of victim of rape
- 185. Search by police officer
- 186. When officer in charge of police station may require another to issue search-warrant
- 187. Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty-four hours
- 188. Report of investigation by subordinate police officer
- 189. Release of accused when evidence deficient
- 190. Cases to be sent to Magistrate, when evidence is sufficient
- 192. Diary of proceedings in investigation
- 193. Report of police officer on completion of investigation
- 194. Police to enquire and report on suicide, etc
- 195. Power to summon persons
- 196. Inquiry by Magistrate into cause of death