Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
CrPC Section 157 in BNSS
§ 157 CrPC→§ 176 BNSS
Procedure for investigation. Section 157 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Procedure for investigation) corresponds to Section 176 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
Note: BNSS 176(3) makes forensic examination of the scene mandatory for offences carrying 7 years or more
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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