Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
CrPC Section 156 in BNSS
§ 156 CrPC→§ 175 BNSS
Police officer's power to investigate cognizable case. Section 156 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Police officer's power to investigate cognizable case) corresponds to Section 175 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
Note: BNSS 175(3) is the successor to the s.156(3) direction to investigate
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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