CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
318. Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings
357. Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
318. Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings.—If the accused, though not of unsound
mind, cannot be made to understand the proceedings, the Court may proceed with the inquiry or trial; and, in the
case of a Court other than a High Court, if such proceedings result in a conviction, the proceedings shall be
forwarded to the High Court with a report of the circumstances of the case, and the High Court shall pass thereon
such order as it thinks fit.
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
357. Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings.—If the accused, though not a
person of unsound mind, cannot be made to understand the proceedings, the Court may proceed with the
inquiry or trial; and, in the case of a Court other than a High Court, if such proceedings result in a conviction,
the proceedings shall be forwarded to the High Court with a report of the circumstances of the case, and the
High Court shall pass thereon such order as it thinks fit.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023