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CHAPTER XXIX THE JUDGMENT

Section 398: Witness protection scheme

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Every State Government shall prepare and notify a Witness Protection Scheme for the State with a view to ensure protection of the witnesses.

Corresponding CrPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

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Questions on this section

2 questions in 7 of our papers cite Section 398. Try these from the free papers:

  1. 1. Under Section 398 of the BNSS, a Witness Protection Scheme is to be prepared and notified by:

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