BNSS §95
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92. Procedure as to letters and telegrams.—(1) If any document, parcel or thing in the custody of a postal or telegraph authority is, in the opinion of the District Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court of Session or High Court wanted for the purpose of any investigation, inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code, such Magistrate or Court may require the postal or telegraph authority, as the case may be, to deliver the document, parcel or thing to such person as the Magistrate or Court directs.
(2) If any such document, parcel or thing is, in the opinion of any other Magistrate, whether Executive or Judicial, or of any Commissioner of Police or District Superintendent of Police, wanted for any such purpose, he may require the postal or telegraph authority, as the case may be, to cause search to be made for and to detain such document, parcel or thing pending the order of a District Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate or Court under sub-section (1). B.—Search-warrants
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(1) If any document, parcel or thing in the custody of a postal authority is, in the opinion of the District Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court of Session or High Court wanted for the purpose of any investigation, inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Sanhita, such Magistrate or Court may require the postal authority to deliver the document, parcel or thing to such person as the Magistrate or Court directs.
(2) If any such document, parcel or thing is, in the opinion of any other Magistrate, whether Executive or Judicial, or of any Commissioner of Police or District Superintendent of Police, wanted for any such purpose, he may require the postal authority to cause search to be made for and to detain such document, parcel or thing pending the order of a District Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate or Court under sub-section (1). B.—Search-warrants
What changedAI-inferred
Procedure as to letters and telegrams.
Old position
CrPC 92 is concerned with Procedure as to letters and telegrams. B.–Search-warrants. Procedure as to letters and telegrams
New position
BNSS 95 preserves the framework with drafting modernisations as required by the new code. Topic: to letters.. If any document, parcel or thing in the custody of a postal authority is, in the opinion of the District Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court of Session or High Court wanted for the purpose of any investigation, inquiry, trial or
BNSS 95 (to letters.) preserves the framework of CrPC 92. BNSS 95 retains the operative provisions in substantively the same form, with drafting modernisation and structural updates as required by the new code. BNSS 95 text: If any document, parcel or thing in the custody of a postal authority...
Editorial deltaAI-indicated (source-linked)
BNSS 95 (to letters.) preserves the framework of CrPC 92. BNSS 95 retains the operative provisions in substantively the same form, with drafting modernisation and structural updates as required by the new code.
BNSS 95 text: If any document, parcel or thing in the custody of a postal authority is, in the opinion of the District Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court of Session or High Court wanted for the purpose of any investigation, inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Sanhita, such Magistrate or Court may require the...
Transitional note (repeal & savings)
For matters initiated before 1 July 2024, CrPC 92 continues to apply. For matters from that date forward, BNSS 95 applies. The transition is governed by the repeal-and-savings clause in the new code (BNS 358 / BNSS 531 / BSA 170 as the case may be); pending proceedings under the old code carry forward unaffected.
Frequently asked
BNSS 95 (to letters.). The relationship is classified as substantively_same — see the change-note above for the textual delta.
Sources
- India Code — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Gazette of India — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
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Newlaws.in, CRPC §92 → BNSS §95 Mapping Page, last updated 2026-05-01, accessed 2026-06-12, https://newlaws.in/bnss/95.
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