The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
§56 — Health and safety of arrested person
It shall be the duty of the person having the custody of an accused to take reasonable care of the health and safety of the accused.
Old law ⇄ new law
Renumberedold law ⇄ new law
Old lawCRPC §55AHealth and safety of arrested personNew lawBNSS §56Health and safety of arrested person
CRPC §55A → BNSS §56 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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