Procedure as to letters
Section 95 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with procedure as to letters. If any document, parcel or thing in the custody of a postal authority is, in the opinion of the District Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court of Session or High Court wanted for the purpose of any investigation, inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Sanhita, such Magistrate or Court The Act came into force on 01 Jul 2024.
(1) If any document, parcel or thing in the custody of a postal authority is, in the opinion of the District Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court of Session or High Court wanted for the purpose of any investigation, inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Sanhita, such Magistrate or Court may require the postal authority to deliver the document, parcel or thing to such person as the Magistrate or Court directs.
(2) If any such document, parcel or thing is, in the opinion of any other Magistrate, whether Executive or Judicial, or of any Commissioner of Police or District Superintendent of Police, wanted for any such purpose, he may require the postal authority to cause search to be made for and to detain such document, parcel or thing pending the order of a District Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate or Court under sub-section (1).
Section 95, The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act 46 of 2023).
Replaces a provision of the Code of Criminal Procedure
CRPC 92 Procedure as to letters and telegrams Text carried over almost unchanged 86%
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 The repealed enactment still governs what happened while it was in force.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.
Cross-references
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Referred to by 1
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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S.senu vs The Inspector of Police
Decided under Code of Criminal Procedure 92, which this section replaces. The court did not have this Act before it.
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
When a deposited amount requires recovery and the police have initiated proceedings under Section 92 CrPC by writing to the District Magistrate, the High Court should direct the subordinate judicial authority to pass appropriate orders for recovery within a specified timeframe, rather than directing the police to take independent action. The proper procedure for recovery of deposited amounts is through the District Magistrate under Section 92 CrPC.
On this section: Applied as the primary mechanism for recovery of deposited amounts; the court directed the District Magistrate to pass appropriate orders under this section.
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Questions about Section 95
What have the courts held on Section 95 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita?
S.senu vs The Inspector of Police (07 Apr 2015) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below, though it was decided under CRPC 92, which this section replaced -- the court never mentioned this Act: Applied as the primary mechanism for recovery of deposited amounts; the court directed the District Magistrate to pass appropriate orders under this section.
How do I find court cases under Section 95 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 95, section 95 BNSS, section 95 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. People searching for it also type 95 bnss notice and 95 bnss in crpc. 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 S.senu vs The Inspector of Police (07 Apr 2015).
What should I read with Section 95 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and has it changed?
1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it. It carries forward CrPC 92 (Procedure as to letters and telegrams), so the judgments decided under that provision are the case law on this one.
When did Section 95 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita come into force?
Section 95 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, cited as BNSS 95, 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
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- 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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