Recording of search and seizure through audio video electronic means

What this section does

Every search of a place or seizure of property under this Chapter or under section 185, including preparation and signing of the seizure list, must be recorded through audio-video electronic means, preferably a mobile phone. The police officer must without delay forward such recording to the District Magistrate, Sub-divisional Magistrate or Judicial Magistrate of the first class. This is a new provision introduced by the BNSS with no direct CrPC equivalent.

AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).

Procedure at a glance

Key actors

Police officer · District Magistrate · Sub-divisional Magistrate · Judicial Magistrate of the first class

Time limit

Recording must be forwarded 'without delay'