Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XXXIII · Persons of Unsound Mind
348. Safe custody of person acquitted
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Court
“Court” means the High Court, a Sessions Court, or a Magistrate’s Court of any class, as the context may require;
Provided that if the Court concerned is a Magistrate’s Court, the
Magistrate may in his discretion, if he considers that the offence charged is not of a serious nature and that that person can safely be released without danger of his doing injury to himself or any other person, caution and discharge him.
offence
“offence” means any act or omission made punishable by any law for the time being in force;
The Ruler may order that person to be confined in a psychiatric hospital during the pleasure of the Ruler of the State.
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