Procedure of Magistrate taking cognizance
Chapter 28: Provisions as to offences affecting the administration of justice
(1) A Magistrate to whom a complaint is made under section 379 or section 380 shall, notwithstanding anything contained in Chapter XVI, proceed, as far as may be, to deal with the case as if it were instituted on a police report.
(2) Where it is brought to the notice of such Magistrate, or of any other Magistrate to whom the case may have been transferred, that an appeal is pending against the decision arrived at in the judicial proceeding out of which the matter has arisen, he may, if he thinks fit, at any stage, adjourn the hearing of the case until such appeal is decided.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
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- 380AppealCrPC 341
- 381Power to order costsCrPC 342
- 383Summary procedure for trial for giving false evidenceCrPC 344
- 384Procedure in certain cases of contemptCrPC 345
- 385Procedure where Court considers that case should not be dealt with under section 384CrPC 346