Section 357 - Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings - Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings. 357. 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.