Landmark case · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Juvenile Justice and Probation · Semester 5

Hussainara Khatoon v. State of Bihar

AIR 1979 SC 1360 · Supreme Court of India

Speedy trial is part of Article 21; undertrial prisoners languishing beyond the possible sentence must be released.

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Charge and trial: BNSS 234–274 / CrPC 211–265 — Unit III, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Juvenile Justice and Probation.

Related sections:

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 234 — Contents of charge (cf. s. 211 CrPC)
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 251 — Trial of warrant-cases by magistrates (cf. Ch. XIX CrPC)
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 261 — Trial of summons-cases (cf. Ch. XX CrPC)
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 274 — Sessions trial after committal (cf. Ch. XVIII CrPC)