SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 12 September 2025, Shift 3 · General Awareness · Question 18 of 100

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Which of the following changes has Bharatiya Nagarik suraksha Samhita(BNSS) brought to criminal procedure?

(a)Replaced all IPC sections
(b)Video-recorded confessions
(c)Presumption of guilt
(d)Scrapping of all bail rights

Answer

Why

Correct — B. Section 183 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 covers confessions recorded by a Magistrate. Its proviso lets a confession or statement be recorded by audio-video electronic means in the presence of the accused's advocate.

BNSS extends such recording elsewhere too: Section 105 requires search and seizure to be recorded by audio-video means, preferably a mobile phone.

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Replaced all IPC sections — BNSS replaced the CrPC, 1973, not the IPC. Its Section 531 repeals the Code of Criminal Procedure. The IPC was replaced by a separate law, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
(c)
Presumption of guilt — No presumption of guilt is created. Section 183 still makes the Magistrate warn the accused that he is not bound to confess and that a confession may be used against him.
(d)
Scrapping of all bail rights — Bail survives. BNSS has a whole chapter, Chapter XXXV, titled "Provisions as to Bail and Bonds", and Section 187(3) still grants default bail when investigation overruns 60 or 90 days.

Concept

India's three criminal codes were replaced by laws that came into force on 1 July 2024.

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita replaced the IPC (offences), the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita replaced the CrPC (procedure), and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam replaced the Indian Evidence Act.

Many of BNSS's visible changes are technological. Section 530 allows trials, inquiries and proceedings, including examination of witnesses, to be held in electronic mode.

Strictly, recording a confession on video is not new: Section 164(1) of the old CrPC carried the same proviso. The key still stands, because it is the one option describing something BNSS actually contains. The stem spells the Act "Samhita"; its official name is Sanhita.

Key facts

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023) received assent on 25 December 2023 and came into force on 1 July 2024.
Section 531 of BNSS repeals the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
Section 183 of BNSS permits a confession or statement to be recorded by audio-video electronic means in the presence of the accused's advocate.
Section 105 of BNSS requires search and seizure, including the list of things seized, to be recorded by audio-video electronic means.

Study next

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the offences it carries over from the IPCBharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 and electronic evidenceDefault bail and custody limits under Section 187 of BNSS

Common traps

Mixing up the three codes: BNSS replaces the CrPC, BNS replaces the IPC, BSA replaces the Evidence Act.
Treating every BNSS provision as new — audio-video recording of confessions was carried over from the CrPC.

The new criminal laws are also asked at 12 Sep 2025, 09:00, GA Q.17 (BSA and electronic evidence), 15 Sep 2025, 16:00, GA Q.17 (the BNSS detention limit before default bail) and 21 Sep 2025, 16:00, GA Q.5 (electronic recording of witness testimony).

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