CrPC Section 337: Procedure where lunatic prisoner is reported capable of making his defence
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 25: Provisions as
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
337. Procedure where lunatic prisoner is reported capable of making his defence.- If such person is detained under the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 330, and in the case of a person detained in a jail, the Inspector-General of Prisons, or, in the case of a person detained in a lunatic asylum, the visitors of such asylum or any two of them shall certify that, in his or their opinion, such person is capable of making his defence, he shall be taken before the Magistrate or Court, as the case may be, at such time as the Magistrate or Court appoints, and the Magistrate or Court shall deal with such person under the provisions of section 332; and the certificate of such Inspector-General or visitors as aforesaid shall be receivable as evidence.
Bare act text for reference, current to 30 June 2024. It is not legal advice; check the official gazette for authoritative text.
Other sections in this chapter
- 328. Procedure in case of accused being lunatic
- 329. Procedure in case of person of unsound mind tried before Court
- 330. Release of lunatic pending investigation or trial
- 331. Resumption of inquiry or trial
- 332. Procedure on accused appearing before Magistrate or Court
- 333. When accused appears to have been of sound mind
- 334. Judgment of acquittal on ground of unsoundness of mind
- 335. Person acquitted on such ground to be detained in safe custody
- 336. Power of State Government to empower officer in charge to discharge
- 338. Procedure where lunatic detained is declared fit to be released
- 339. Delivery of lunatic to care of relative or friend