Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 158, BNSS: Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert
Section 158 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in the Act's own words, with the CrPC provision it replaces.
What it replaces
| BNSS provision | CrPC provision | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| Section 158 | Section 139 | corresponds |
From the Bureau of Police Research and Development's official comparison summary (source below). The whole table: CrPC to BNSS.
The section
158. Power of Magistrate to direct local investigation and examination of an expert.
The Magistrate may, for the purposes of an inquiry under section 156 or section 157— (a) direct a local investigation to be made by such person as he thinks fit; or (b) summon and examine an expert.The text is India Code's consolidated text as loaded into Pundora's statute corpus on 1 September 2026. A section quoted in a draft checked by Pundora is checked against this text.
Sources
- India Code: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, section 158 (read 1 September 2026)
- Bureau of Police Research and Development: comparison summary, BNSS to CrPC (read 1 September 2026)