The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
§398 — Witness protection scheme
Every State Government shall prepare and notify a Witness Protection Scheme for the State with a view to ensure protection of the witnesses.
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Old law—No corresponding provision
New lawBNSS §398Witness protection schemeBNSS §398 is a new provision with no CRPC antecedent per the official NCRB Sankalan table.
Source & version
Official text: Gazette of India via MHA (official) ↗
Official Gazette text: The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023), English PDF as hosted by Ministry of Home Affairs (mha.gov.in, file 250884_2_english_01042024.pdf). Extracted via pdftotext 26.07 -bbox and @nexlex/ingest gazette-bbox parser on 2026-07-14. Automated parse; structural validation + spot verification; full clause-level proofread pending.
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