UPSC | Prelims GS | 2026

Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), discussed in the context of Delhi protests, replaced which provision of the Code of Criminal Procedure?

  1. Section 124A
  2. Section 144
  3. Section 167
  4. Section 197

Answer

Correct Answer

Section 144

Explanation

Option B is correct: the article identifies BNSS Section 163 as the legal instrument that replaced Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for prohibitory orders. Section 124A was associated with sedition. Section 167 concerns detention during investigation. Section 197 concerns prosecution-related procedural protection, not the replaced public-order provision.

Topics: bnss section 163, criminal procedure, polity, public order regulation