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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

CrPC Section 160 in BNSS

§ 160 CrPC§ 179 BNSS

Police officer's power to require attendance of witnesses. Section 160 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Police officer's power to require attendance of witnesses) corresponds to Section 179 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

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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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