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Section 54 allows the court having jurisdiction to direct identification on a request from the officer in charge where identification is necessary for investigation. If the…

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An officer in charge of a police station requests a court with jurisdiction to direct an arrested person to submit to identification by another person. Under section 54 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, when may the court give that direction?

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Correct answer A

Section 54 allows the court having jurisdiction to direct identification on a request from the officer in charge where identification is necessary for investigation. If the identifying person is mentally or physically disabled, the provisos prescribe supervision and recording safeguards.

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Option A

The statutory condition is investigative necessity for the offence in question, with the request and jurisdiction already supplied.

Option B

The direction serves investigation of the offence, not the execution of sentence after trial.

Option C

The request may be made by the officer in charge. The statute does not require that officer to be an eyewitness.

Option D

An arrest alone does not establish the necessary investigative purpose.

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