Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 251 : Framing of charge : (See section 228 of CrPC 1973) (1) If, after such consideration and hearing as aforesaid, the Judge is of opinion that there is ground for presuming that the accused has committed an offence…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 250 : Discharge : (See section 227 of CrPC 1973) (1) The accused may prefer an application for discharge within a period of sixty days from the date of committal under section 232. (2) If, upon consideration of the…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 249 : Opening case for prosecution : (See section 226 of CrPC 1973) When the accused appears or is brought before the Court, in pursuance of a commitment of the case under section 232, or under any other law…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Chapter XIX : Trial Before A Court Of Session : Section 248 : Trial to be conducted by Public Prosecutor : (See section 225 of CrPC 1973) In every trial before a Court of Session, the prosecution shall be conducted…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 247 : Withdrawal of remaining charges on conviction on one of several charges : (See section 224 of CrPC 1973) When a charge containing more heads than one is framed against the same person, and when a conviction has…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 246 : What persons may be charged jointly : (See section 223 of CrPC 1973) The following persons may be charged and tried together, namely:— (a) persons accused of the same offence committed in the course of the same…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 245 : When offence proved included in offence charged : (See section 222 of CrPC 1973) (1) When a person is charged with an offence consisting of several particulars, a combination of some only of which constitutes a complete…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 244 : Where it is doubtful what offence has been committed : (See section 221 of CrPC 1973) (1) If a single act or series of acts is of such a nature that it is doubtful which of several…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 243 : Trial for more than one offence : (See section 220 of CrPC 1973) (1) If, in one series of acts so connected together as to form the same transaction, more offences than one are committed by the…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 242 : Offences of same kind within year may be charged together : (See section 219 of CrPC 1973) (1) When a person is accused of more offences than one of the same kind committed within the space of…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 B.—Joinder of charges Section 241 : Separate charges for distinct offences : (See section 218 of CrPC 1973) (1) For every distinct offence of which any person is accused there shall be a separate charge, and every such charge shall…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 240 : Recall of witnesses when charge altered : (See section 217 of CrPC 1973) Whenever a charge is altered or added to by the Court after the commencement of the trial, the prosecutor and the accused shall be…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 239 : Court may alter charge : (See section 216 of CrPC 1973) (1) Any Court may alter or add to any charge at any time before judgment is pronounced. (2) Every such alteration or addition shall be read…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 238 : Effect of errors : (See section 215 of CrPC 1973) No error in stating either the offence or the particulars required to be stated in the charge, and no omission to state the offence or those particulars,…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 237 : Words in charge taken in sense of law under which offence is punishable : (See section 214 of CrPC 1973) In every charge words used in describing an offence shall be deemed to have been used in…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 236 : When manner of committing offence must be stated : (See section 213 of CrPC 1973) When the nature of the case is such that the particulars mentioned in sections 234 and 235 do not give the accused…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 235 : Particulars as to time, place and person : (See section 212 of CrPC 1973) (1) The charge shall contain such particulars as to the time and place of the alleged offence, and the person (if any) against…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Chapter XVIII : The Charge : A.—Form of charges : Section 234 : Contents of charge : (See section 211 of CrPC 1973) (1) Every charge under this Sanhita shall state the offence with which the accused is charged. (2)…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 233 : Procedure to be followed when there is a complaint case and police investigation in respect of the same offence : (See section 210 of CrPC 1973) (1) When in a case instituted otherwise than on a police…
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 Section 232 : Commitment of case to Court of Session when offence is triable exclusively by it : (See section 209 of CrPC 1973) When in a case instituted on a police report or otherwise, the accused appears or is…