The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

CHAPTER XXV EVIDENCE IN INQUIRIES AND TRIALS

Section 355: Provision for inquiries and trial being held in absence of accused in certain cases.

If the accused, though not a person of unsound mind, cannot be made to understand the proceedings, the Court may proceed with the inquiry or trial; and, in the case of a Court other than a High Court, if such proceedings result in a conviction, the proceedings shall be forwarded to the High Court with a report of the circumstances of the case, and the High Court shall pass thereon such order as it thinks fit.

About The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Criminal Procedure.