Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Section 340: Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended

Chapter XXVI — General Provisions as to Inquiries and Trials

340. 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.

Source: official text of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Ministry of Home Affairs).