CrPC § 171 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 171 CrPC — Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subject to restraint
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 191 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the CrPC.
The law now: BNSS 191 — Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subject to restraint
No complainant or witness on his way to any Court shall be required to accompany a police officer, or shall be subjected to unnecessary restraint or inconvenience, or required to give any security for his appearance other than his own bond:
Provided that if any complainant or witness refuses to attend or to execute a bond as directed in section 190, the officer in charge of the police station may forward him in custody to the Magistrate, who may detain him in custody until he executes such bond, or until the hearing of the case is completed.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 191 in full