Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subject to restraint
Chapter 13: Information to the police and their powers to investigate
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.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 188Report of investigation by subordinate police officerCrPC 168
- 189Release of accused when evidence deficientCrPC 169
- 190Cases to be sent to Magistrate, when evidence is sufficientCrPC 170
- 192Diary of proceedings in investigationCrPC 172
- 193Report of police officer on completion of investigationCrPC 173
- 194Police to enquire and report on suicide, etcCrPC 174