Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

CrPC 409BNSS 449

Withdrawal of cases and appeals by Session Judge

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What changed

  • From subsection (1) "any Assistant Sessions Judge or" are excluded.

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Under Section 449 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 409 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973)...

Bare act text — BNSS 449

449. Withdrawal of cases and appeals by Sessions Judges .—(1) A Sessions Judge may withdraw any case or appeal from, or recall any case or appeal which he has made over to a Chief Judicial Magistrate subordinate to him. (2) At any time before the trial of the case or the hearing of the appeal has commenced before the Additional Sessions Judge, a Sessions Judge may recall any case or appeal which he has made over to any Additional Sessions Judge. (3) Where a Sessions Judge withdraws or re calls case or appeal under sub -section ( 1) or sub-section (2), he may either try the case in his own Court or hear the appeal himself, or make it over in accordance with the provisions of this Sanhita to another Court for trial or hearing, as the case may be. 153

Frequently asked

What is CrPC 409 equivalent in BNSS?

CrPC Section 409 (Withdrawal of cases and appeals by Session Judge) corresponds to Section 449 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).

What changed between CrPC 409 and BNSS 449?

From subsection (1) "any Assistant Sessions Judge or" are excluded.

How do I cite BNSS 449 in a pleading?

Under Section 449 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 409 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973)...

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