BNSS § 387 · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Section 387 BNSS — Discharge of offender on submission of apology

Replaces CrPC 348 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. In force since 1 July 2024.

The text

When any Court has under section 384 adjudged an offender to punishment, or has under section 385 forwarded him to a Magistrate for trial, for refusing or omitting to do anything which he was lawfully required to do or for any intentional insult or interruption, the Court may, in its discretion, discharge the offender or remit the punishment on his submission to the order or requisition of such Court, or on apology being made to its satisfaction.

Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text.

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