Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 272: Absence of complainant
CrPC Section 249 is covered by BNSS Section 272.
- BNSS 272CrPC: 249Changed
Absence of complainant.
It is added that the Magistrate may “after giving thirty days’ time to the complainant to be present before proceeding further.
Source: Correspondence Table and Comparison Summary of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) to the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC), Central Academy for Police Training (CAPT), Bhopal — prepared by Anil Kishore Yadav, IPS, Director (PDF hosted on keralaprisons.gov.in). Check the bare act before relying on a section in court.
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