Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
CrPC Section 106 in BNSS
Security for keeping the peace on conviction. Section 106 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Security for keeping the peace on conviction) corresponds to Section 125 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
Verify before you rely on this. Renumbering under the 2023 codes is not a clean one-to-one exercise — provisions were merged, split and reworded. Always check the printed bare act.
Where this sits in the exam
This provision is examined under CrPC & Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Family Law, worth 18 of the 100 marks in AIBE XXII. The paper permits bare acts but bans notes, so what matters is finding it quickly, not reciting the number.
Questions that turn on this section
An order for maintenance of wives, children and parents is passed under:
Answer & explanation
Section 144 BNSS
This corresponds to Section 125 CrPC. It is a summary secular remedy available irrespective of religion, aimed at preventing vagrancy and destitution.
An order of maintenance for a wife, child or parent is passed under:
Answer & explanation
Section 144 BNSS
Formerly § 125 CrPC. It is a summary, secular remedy and applies irrespective of personal law.
Maintenance under Section 144 BNSS (formerly Section 125 CrPC) is available to:
Answer & explanation
A wife including a divorced wife not remarried, children and parents in need
The remedy is secular and summary, available irrespective of personal law. Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum (1985) held a divorced Muslim woman entitled to claim under it.
Sections either side of it
How the neighbouring provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 were renumbered:
| CrPC | Provision | BNSS |
|---|---|---|
| 97 | Search for persons wrongfully confined | 100 |
| 100 | Persons in charge of closed place to allow search | 103 |
| 102 | Power of police officer to seize certain property | 106 |
| 107 | Security for keeping the peace in other cases | 126 |
| 108 | Security for good behaviour from persons disseminating seditious matter | 127 |
| 109 | Security for good behaviour from suspected persons | 128 |
Practise it
Cutoff has AIBE XXII questions on this area, each cited to both codes with a line telling you where to find it in the bare act. Ten questions per subject are free, no account needed.
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