Section 402: Special reasons to be recorded in certain cases.

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023Central Act · Act 46 of 2023

Where in any case the Court could have dealt with,---

(a) an accused person under section 401 or under the provisions of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 (20 of 1958); or

(b) a youthful offender under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (2 of 2016) or any other law for the time being in force for the treatment, training or rehabilitation of youthful offenders,

but has not done so, it shall record in its judgment the special reasons for not having done so.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section	402
Marginal note	Special reasons to be recorded in certain cases.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

Find the provision, not just read it

The full text above is free, and it stays free. What a free CourtMesh account adds is everything you cannot do by reading one page at a time:

Search 49,000+ Central and State enactments by what a provision says, not by its number
Jump from any section to every judgment that has applied it
Search 300 million+ Indian court records alongside the statute
Ask a research agent to find and read the case law on a provision for you

Free account. No card. About a minute to create.

Create a free account

Need this as data, not as a page? The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is one of 49,000+ enactments on CourtMesh. The Indian court cases API serves the case law that cites these provisions over JSON, with API documentation and plans and pricing. See also the judgment library.