Section 357 Earlier CrPC 318
Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings
Chapter 26: General provisions as to inquiries and trials
If the accused, though not a person of unsound mind, cannot be made to understand the proceedings, the Court may proceed with the inquiry or trial; and, in the case of a Court other than a High Court, if such proceedings result in a conviction, the proceedings shall be forwarded to the High Court with a report of the circumstances of the case, and the High Court shall pass thereon such order as it thinks fit.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 354No influence to be used to induce disclosureCrPC 316
- 355Provision for inquiries and trial being held in absence of accused in certain casesCrPC 317
- 356Inquiry, trial or judgment in absentia of proclaimed offender
- 358Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offenceCrPC 319
- 359Compounding of offencesCrPC 320
- 360Withdrawal from prosecutionCrPC 321