Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023
Section 272 :
Absence of complainant :
(See section 249 of CrPC 1973)
When the proceedings have been instituted upon complaint, and on any day fixed for the hearing of the case, the complainant is absent, and the offence may be lawfully compounded or is not a cognizable offence, the Magistrate may after giving thirty day’s time to the complainant to be present, in his discretion, notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, at any time before the charge has been framed, discharge the accused.
