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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Procedure as to letters and telegrams

Repealed From 01 Apr 1974 Act 2 of 1974 As on 18 Oct 2026

Act 2 of 1974 Ministry Home Affairs Enacted 25 Jan 1974 In force 01 Apr 1974 Cited by 1 provision

This provision is repealed. Repealed by section 531 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024. It is reproduced because conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under it.

Section 92 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 deals with procedure as to letters and telegrams. If any document, parcel or thing In the custody of a postal or telegraph 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 Code, such Magistrate The Act came into force on 01 Apr 1974. Repealed by section 531 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024, but conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under it.

(1) If any document, parcel or thing In the custody of a postal or telegraph 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 Code, such Magistrate or Court may require the postal or telegraph authority, as the case may be, 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 or telegraph authority, as the case may be, to cause search to be made for and to detail such document, parcel or thing pending the order of a District Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate or Court under sub-section (1).

Section 92, The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974).

Now in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 95 Procedure as to letters 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

Extracted from the operative text of the enactments themselves. Every destination below exists in our corpus.

Referred to by 1

  1. s. 93 When search warrant may be issued

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.

  1. S.senu vs The Inspector of Police

    High Court 07 Apr 2015 Persuasive (Other High Court)

    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 92

What have the courts held on Section 92 of the Code of Criminal Procedure?

S.senu vs The Inspector of Police (07 Apr 2015) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: 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 92 of the Code of Criminal Procedure?

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: CRPC 92, section 92 CRPC, section 92 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 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 92 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and has it changed?

1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it. For anything done on or after 1 July 2024 the provision to read is BNSS 95 (Procedure as to letters), which replaced it; conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under this section.

When did Section 92 of the Code of Criminal Procedure come into force?

Section 92 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, cited as CRPC 92, came into force on 01 Apr 1974, having been enacted on 25 Jan 1974. It is no longer in force.

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