Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
CrPC Section 149 in BNSS
§ 149 CrPC→§ 168 BNSS
Police to prevent cognizable offences. Section 149 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Police to prevent cognizable offences) corresponds to Section 168 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.
Practise it
Section 45 has AIBE 22 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.
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