Section 398 BNSS: Witness protection scheme.

Section 398 of the BNSS is a new provision with no equivalent in the old CrPC.

BNSS section: 398

CrPC equivalent: New provision (no CrPC equivalent)

Category: Judgment

'Every State Government shall prepare and notify a Witness Protection Scheme for the State with a view to ensure protection of the witnesses'.

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