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HomeThe Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023Section 357.   Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings.

Section 357.   Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings.

If the accused, though not a person with mental illness, 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.

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