BNSS § 177 · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 177 BNSS — Report how submitted
Replaces CrPC 158 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. In force since 1 July 2024.
The text
(1) Every report sent to a Magistrate under section 176 shall, if the State Government so directs, be submitted through such superior officer of police as the State Government, by general or special order, appoints in that behalf.
(2) Such superior officer may give such instructions to the officer in charge of the police station as he thinks fit, and shall, after recording such instructions on such report, transmit the same without delay to the Magistrate.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text.