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title: "CrPC Section 357B in BNSS: Section 396 | Vakilat"
description: "CrPC Section 357B is now Section 396 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, which brings together CrPC Sections 357A and 357B."
url: https://www.vakilat.io/law/crpc-to-bnss/357b
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# CrPC Section 357B in the BNSS

Section 357B of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Compensation to be in addition to fine under section 326A or section 376D of Indian Penal Code, is now Section 396 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, which brings together CrPC Sections 357A and 357B.

## CrPC 357B and the BNSS

CrPC BNSS BNSS heading 357B [396](https://www.vakilat.io/law/bnss-to-crpc/396) Victim compensation scheme. Compensation to be in addition to fine under section 65, section 70 and sub-section (1) of section 124 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 under section 326A or section 376D of Indian Penal Code.

## Which code applies

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024. An appeal, application, trial, inquiry or investigation already pending on that date continues under the Code of Criminal Procedure.

> “if, immediately before the date on which this Sanhita comes into force, there is any appeal, application, trial, inquiry or investigation pending, then, such appeal, application, trial, inquiry or investigation shall be disposed of, continued, held or made, as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, as in force immediately before such commencement”

> BNSS section 531(2)(a)

The Supreme Court applied this in Parvinder Singh v. Directorate of Enforcement, 2026 INSC 519: once a proceeding is initiated under the CrPC, it must reach its conclusion under the CrPC, and an inquiry begins only when the court takes cognizance.

Which code governs your matter can turn on the date of the offence and the stage the case had reached on 1 July 2024. Read the official text before you rely on any table.

## Sources

Section numbers follow the [correspondence table](https://www.keralaprisons.gov.in/userfiles/act-and-rules/comparison_summary_BNSS_to_CrPC.pdf) prepared by the Central Academy for Police Training, Bhopal, of the Bureau of Police Research and Development. Headings are taken from the [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973](https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/15272/1/the_code_of_criminal_procedure,_1973.pdf) and the [Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023](https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/250884_2_english_01042024.pdf) as published, and from the table. The official text governs: read the section itself before you rely on it.

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