BNSS Section 452 — Reasons to be recorded

Summary

A Sessions Judge or Magistrate who makes an order under sections 448, 449, 450, or 451 must write down the reasons for that order. This requirement applies to the part of the law dealing with death sentences.

Official Text

A Sessions Judge or Magistrate making an order under section 448, section 449, section 450 or section 451 shall record his reasons for making it. A.—Death sentences

Related Judgments

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• .. Petitioner/Accused No.12 vs The State of Tamilnadu, — Madras High Court ()
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