Public servant concerned in sale not to purchase or bid for property
Section 527 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with public servant concerned in sale not to purchase or bid for property. A public servant having any duty to perform in connection with the sale of any property under this Sanhita shall not purchase or bid for the property. The Act came into force on 01 Jul 2024.
A public servant having any duty to perform in connection with the sale of any property under this Sanhita shall not purchase or bid for the property.
Section 527, The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act 46 of 2023).
Replaces a provision of the Code of Criminal Procedure
CRPC 481 Public servant concerned in sale not to purchase or bid for property Text carried over almost unchanged 100%
Measured by comparing the text of the two provisions, not taken from an official correspondence table — there is no machine-readable one. See both texts side by side before relying on it.
Both regimes are live. The repealed enactment still governs what happened while it was in force. We never redirect one to the other.
Related judgements & precedents
These are some judgments that construed this section, and hold precedence value. They hold authority on how to read, interpret and use this section.
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Avvaru Subbarayudu vs The State of A.p.
Decided under Code of Criminal Procedure 481, which this section replaces. The court did not have this Act before it.
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
The police will resort to arrest of the accused only when prima facie case is found against any of the accused. Till then, on mere report of the defacto-complainant, law does not permit arresting the named accused persons straight away without there being prima facie proof of the allegations made against them. Criminal petitions seeking to compel arrest and interrogation of accused persons without prima facie evidence constitute abuse of the process of the High Court and abuse of Section 482 CrPC and are not maintainable.
On this section: Prohibition of public servant concerned in a sale not to purchase or bid for property - court held this section has no application to the present case
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Questions about Section 527
What have the courts held on Section 527 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita?
Avvaru Subbarayudu vs The State of A.p. (31 May 2010) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below, though it was decided under CRPC 481, which this section replaced -- the court never mentioned this Act: Prohibition of public servant concerned in a sale not to purchase or bid for property - court held this section has no application to the present case.
How do I find court cases under Section 527 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: BNSS 527, section 527 BNSS, section 527 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome. 1 reported judgment on this section is set out on this page, beginning with Avvaru Subbarayudu vs The State of A.p. (31 May 2010).
What should I read with Section 527 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and has it changed?
It carries forward CrPC 481 (Public servant concerned in sale not to purchase or bid for property), so the judgments decided under that provision are the case law on this one.
When did Section 527 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita come into force?
Section 527 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, cited as BNSS 527, came into force on 01 Jul 2024, having been enacted on 25 Dec 2023. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
Other sections of this Act
- 359. Compounding of offences1355 words
- 187. Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty-four hours1122 words
- 2. Definitions956 words
- 243. Trial for more than one offence930 words
- 35. When police may arrest without warrant881 words
- 480. When bail may be taken in case of non-bailable offence823 words
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