Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023
Section 221 :
Cognizance of offence :
(See section 198B of CrPC 1973)
No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 67 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 where the persons are in a marital relationship, except upon prima facie satisfaction of the facts which constitute the offence upon a complaint having been filed or made by the wife against the husband.