Section-340: Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code.
| Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 | Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section) |
| 340. Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended.— Any person accused of an offence before a Criminal Court, or against whom proceedings are instituted under this Sanhita, may of right be defended by an advocate of his choice. | 303. Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended.—Any person accused of an offence before a Criminal Court, or against whom proceedings are instituted under this Code, may of right be defended by a pleader of his choice. |