BNSS Section 105 Videography
Definition
The mandatory continuous video recording of search and seizure under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023.
- Governing code
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, Section 105
- Scope
- Continuous video coverage of the search and seizure process
- Custody role
- Documents items as found, before they are lifted or packaged
- Linked provision
- Certified as evidence under BSA Section 63
Common questions
How does mandatory videography change crime scene practice?+
It adds a continuous visual record alongside still photography and the seizure memo, capturing the sequence in which items were located and handled. This reduces reliance on an officer's later written account and gives the defence a contemporaneous record to test against the seizure list.
Does videography replace still photography at the scene?+
No. Investigators still take still photographs for detail, scale, and close-up documentation. Video captures continuity and context, so the two are used together rather than one substituting for the other.
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