BNSS Section 95 — Procedure as to letters

CHAPTER VII PROCESSES TO COMPEL THE PRODUCTION OF THINGS — A.—Summons to produce

Criminal

Summary

If a District Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate, a Sessions Court, or a High Court believes that a letter, package, or item held by the postal service is needed for an investigation, inquiry, trial, or other legal proceeding, they can order the postal service to hand it over to a specific person. If any other Magistrate, a Commissioner of Police, or a District Superintendent of Police believes such an item is needed, they can order the postal service to search for and hold onto it until a District Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate, or Court decides what to do with it.

Official Text

(1) If any document, parcel or thing in the custody of a postal authority is, in the opinion of the District Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court of Session or High Court wanted for the purpose of any investigation, inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Sanhita, such Magistrate or Court may require the postal authority to deliver the document, parcel or thing to such person as the Magistrate or Court directs.

(2) If any such document, parcel or thing is, in the opinion of any other Magistrate, whether Executive or Judicial, or of any Commissioner of Police or District Superintendent of Police, wanted for any such purpose, he may require the postal authority to cause search to be made for and to detain such document, parcel or thing pending the order of a District Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate or Court under sub-section (1).

Related Judgments

  • SC (2025) Vol.6 p.545 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2025) Vol.5 p.730 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2024) Vol.7 p.979 — Supreme Court of India (2024)
  • SC (2025) Vol.2 p.1588 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2025) Vol.1 p.1469 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • .. Petitioner/Accused No.12 vs The State of Tamilnadu, — Madras High Court ()
  • SC (2025) Vol.3 p.1309 — Supreme Court of India (2025)
  • SC (2025) Vol.11 p.291 — Supreme Court of India (2025)

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