Section 357: Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings. | Chapter 26, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita | Sanhita.ai
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Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings.

Chapter 26: GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO INQUIRIES AND TRIALS

Section: 357


357. If the accused, though not a person of unsound mind, cannot be made to understand the proceedings, the Court may proceed with the inquiry or trial; and, in the case of a Court other than a High Court, if such proceedings result in a conviction, the proceedings shall be forwarded to the High Court with a report of the circumstances of the case, and the High Court shall pass thereon such order as it thinks fit.

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