BNSS Section 402: Special reasons to be recorded in certain cases
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 29: The Judgment
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402. Where in any case the Court could have dealt with,—
(a) an accused person under section 401 or under the provisions of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958; or
(b) a youthful offender under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 or any other law for the time being in force for the treatment, training or rehabilitation of youthful offenders, but has not done so, it shall record in its judgment the special reasons for not having done so.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 392. Judgment
- 393. Language and contents of judgment
- 394. Order for notifying address of previously convicted offender
- 395. Order to pay compensation
- 396. Victim compensation scheme
- 397. Treatment of victims
- 398. Witness protection scheme
- 399. Compensation to persons groundlessly arrested
- 400. Order to pay costs in non-cognizable cases
- 401. Order to release on probation of good conduct or after admonition
- 403. Court not to alter judgment
- 404. Copy of judgment to be given to accused and other persons
- 405. Judgment when to be translated
- 406. Court of Session to send copy of finding and sentence to District Magistrate