# Section 191 of THE BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023 – BNSS

> Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subject to restraint.191. No complainant or witness on his way to any Court shall be required to accompany a pol…

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Author: Sudhir Rao — Advocate, Supreme Court of India  
Category: BNSS  
Published: 2024-09-08

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**Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subject to restraint.**

191. No complainant or witness on his way to any Court shall be required to accompany a police officer, or shall be subjected to unnecessary restraint or inconvenience, or required to give any security for his appearance other than his own bond:

Provided that if any complainant or witness refuses to attend or to execute a bond as directed in section 190, the officer in charge of the police station may forward him in custody to the Magistrate, who may detain him in custody until he executes such bond, or until the hearing of the case is completed.

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