Section 387 Earlier CrPC 348
Discharge of offender on submission of apology
Chapter 28: Provisions as to offences affecting the administration of justice
When any Court has under section 384 adjudged an offender to punishment, or has under section 385 forwarded him to a Magistrate for trial, for refusing or omitting to do anything which he was lawfully required to do or for any intentional insult or interruption, the Court may, in its discretion, discharge the offender or remit the punishment on his submission to the order or requisition of such Court, or on apology being made to its satisfaction.
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
- 384Procedure in certain cases of contemptCrPC 345
- 385Procedure where Court considers that case should not be dealt with under section 384CrPC 346
- 386When Registrar or Sub-Registrar to be deemed a Civil CourtCrPC 347
- 388Imprisonment or committal of person refusing to answer or produce documentCrPC 349
- 389Summary procedure for punishment for non-attendance by a witness in obedience to summonsCrPC 350
- 390Appeals from convictions under sections 383, 384, 388 and 389CrPC 351