Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter XXIV: Attendance of Persons Confined or Detained in Prisons
Section 305: Prisoner to be brought to Court in custody
In plain words
Subject to section 304, the prison officer must take the prisoner to court at the time stated in the order, and keep them in custody in or near the court until they have been examined or the court allows their return.
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Official text
Subject to the provisions of section 304, the officer in charge of the prison shall, upon delivery of an order made under sub-section (1) of section 302 and duly countersigned, where necessary, under sub-section (2) thereof, cause the person named in the order to be taken to the Court in which his attendance is required, so as to be present there at the time mentioned in the order, and shall cause him to be kept in custody in or near the Court until he has been examined or until the Court authorises him to be taken back to the prison in which he was confined or detained.
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Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 12 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 305
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