CrPC Section 337 — Procedure where lunatic prisoner is reported capable of making his defence

Official Text

If such person is detained under the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 330, and in the case of a person detained in a jail, the Inspector-General of Prisons, or, in the case of a person detained a lunatic asylum, the visitors of such asylum, or any two of them shall certify that, in his or their opinion, such person is capable of making his defence, he shall be taken before the Magistrate or Court, as the case may be, at such time as the Magistrate or Court appoints, and the Magistrate or Court shall deal with such person under the provisions of section 332; and the certificate of such Inspector-General or visitors as aforesaid shall be receivable as evidence.

Sections referred to

• CrPC §330 — Release of person of unsound mind pending investigation or trial
• CrPC §332 — Procedure on accused appearing before Magistrate or Court

Referred to by

• CrPC §336 — Power of State Government to empower officer-in-charge to discharge

Related Judgments

• LAXMIPAT CHORARIA AND ORS. vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA — Supreme Court of India (1967)
• Harpreet Singh Malhotra vs The State of Maharashtra and Anr — Bombay High Court (Mumbai Principal Seat) (2017)
• Meher Hodiwalla. vs State of Maharashtra and Another., .., –, Shri Sandeep R.Karnik for th — Bombay High Court (Mumbai Principal Seat) (2016)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNSS §376 — Procedure where prisoner of unsound mind is reported capable of making his defence