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Under which of the following provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is compensation…

Section 399 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 358 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973) provides that whenever any person causes a police…

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Under which of the following provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is compensation payable to a person who has been groundlessly arrested?

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Section 399 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 358 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973) provides that whenever any person causes a police officer to arrest another person, and it appears to the Magistrate by whom the case is heard that there was no sufficient ground for causing such arrest, the Magistrate may award compensation not exceeding one thousand rupees to be paid by the person so causing the arrest to the person so arrested for his loss of time and expenses. Section 395 deals with general orders to pay compensation out of a fine or otherwise, Section 396 deals with the victim compensation scheme, and Section 401 deals with release on probation of good conduct or after admonition.

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