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Under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, a police officer may require attendance of:

Section 179(1) BNSS lets the investigating officer, by order in writing, require the attendance of "any person being within the limits of his own or any adjoining station"…

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Under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, a police officer may require attendance of:

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Section 179(1) BNSS lets the investigating officer, by order in writing, require the attendance of "any person being within the limits of his own or any adjoining station" who "appears to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case". The power is not limited to the accused or to persons named in the FIR, but it does not reach people anywhere in India.

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