Notification of substance of warrant
Section 77 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with notification of substance of warrant. The police officer or other person executing a warrant of arrest shall notify the substance thereof to the person to be arrested, and, if so required, shall show him the warrant. The Act came into force on 01 Jul 2024.
The police officer or other person executing a warrant of arrest shall notify the substance thereof to the person to be arrested, and, if so required, shall show him the warrant.
Section 77, The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act 46 of 2023).
Replaces a provision of the Code of Criminal Procedure
CRPC 75 Notification of substance of warrant Text carried over almost unchanged 100%
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Cross-references
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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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Sagi Venkata Raju vs Tahsildar
Decided under Code of Criminal Procedure 75, which this section replaces. The court did not have this Act before it.
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
An administrative authority conducting an enquiry under a specific statute possesses only those powers explicitly granted by that statute. Where the statute does not provide power to compel physical presence through threat of criminal prosecution, such threats in an administrative notice are illegal and without jurisdiction. However, an administrative enquiry can proceed based on written explanations and material available on record without requiring the physical presence of the person being enquired into.
On this section: The court held that these sections, which deal with bailable warrants, cannot be invoked by a revenue authority in an administrative enquiry notice without proper legal authority.
The holding above is the ratio decidendi as extracted from the judgment by eCourts India, reproduced unaltered — it is a rendering of the court's reasoning, not a substitute for its words. Read the order itself before relying on it.
Questions about Section 77
What have the courts held on Section 77 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita?
Sagi Venkata Raju vs Tahsildar (05 Jul 2017) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below, though it was decided under CRPC 75, which this section replaced -- the court never mentioned this Act: The court held that these sections, which deal with bailable warrants, cannot be invoked by a revenue authority in an administrative enquiry notice without proper legal authority.
How do I find court cases under Section 77 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 77, section 77 BNSS, section 77 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. People searching for it also type bns 77 act and bns 77 punishment. 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 Sagi Venkata Raju vs Tahsildar (05 Jul 2017).
What should I read with Section 77 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and has it changed?
4 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it. It carries forward CrPC 75 (Notification of substance of warrant), so the judgments decided under that provision are the case law on this one.
When did Section 77 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita come into force?
Section 77 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, cited as BNSS 77, 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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