BNSS Section 95: Procedure as to letters
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 7: PROCESSES TO COMPEL THE PRODUCTION OF THINGS (A.—Summons to produce, B.—Search-warrants, C.—General provisions relating to searches, D.—Miscellaneous)
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¶95.
(1) If any document, parcel or thing in the custody of a postal authority is, in the opinion of the District Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court of Session or High Court wanted for the purpose of any investigation, inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Sanhita, such Magistrate or Court may require the postal authority to deliver the document, parcel or thing to such person as the Magistrate or Court directs.
(2) If any such document, parcel or thing is, in the opinion of any other Magistrate, whether Executive or Judicial, or of any Commissioner of Police or District Superintendent of Police, wanted for any such purpose, he may require the postal authority to cause search to be made for and to detain such document, parcel or thing pending the order of a District Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate or Court under sub-section (1).
Study: explanations and related material
Replaces CrPC 92. 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
- 94. Summons to produce document or other thing
- 96. When search-warrant may be issued
- 97. Search of place suspected to contain stolen property, forged documents, etc
- 98. Power to declare certain publications forfeited and to issue search-warrants for same
- 99. Application to High Court to set aside declaration of forfeiture
- 100. Search for persons wrongfully confined
- 101. Power to compel restoration of abducted females
- 102. Direction, etc., of search-warrants
- 103. Persons in charge of closed place to allow search
- 104. Disposal of things found in search beyond jurisdiction
- 105. Recording of search and seizure through audio-video electronic means
- 106. Power of police officer to seize certain property
- 107. Attachment, forfeiture or restoration of property
- 108. Magistrate may direct search in his presence
- 109. Power to impound document, etc., produced
- 110. Reciprocal arrangements regarding processes