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[Cites 0, Cited by 0] [Section 368] [Entire Act]

Union of India - Subsection

Section 368(1) in Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

(1)If at the trial of any person before a Magistrate or Court of Session, it appears to the Magistrate or Court that such person is of unsound mind and consequently incapable of making his defence, the Magistrate or Court shall, in the first instance, try the fact of such unsoundness of mind and incapacity, and if the Magistrate or Court, after considering such medical and other evidence as may be produced before him or it, is satisfied of the fact, he or it shall record a finding to that effect and shall postpone further proceedings in the case.