Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 202

BNSS 202: earlier CrPC 182

Section 202 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 182 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 202 deals with offences committed by means of electronic communications, letters, etc. The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 202 was CrPC 182.

Offences committed by means of electronic communications, letters, etc. · The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below.

Modified
91% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XIII
s. 182
Offences committed by letters, etc
(1) Any offence which includes cheating may, if the deception is practised by means of letters or telecommunication messages, be inquired into or tried by any Court within whose local jurisdiction such letters or messages were sent or were received; and any offence of cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property may be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction the property was delivered by the person deceived or was received by the accused person.
(2) Any offence punishable under section 494 or section 495 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) may be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction the offence was committed or the offender last resided with his or her spouse by the first marriage 1[, or the wife by the first marriage has taken up permanent residence after the commission of the offence].
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XIV
s. 202
Offences committed by means of electronic communications, letters, etc.
(1) Any offence which includes cheating, may, if the deception is practised by means of electronic communications or letters or telecommunication messages, be inquired into or tried by any Court within whose local jurisdiction such electronic communications or letters or messages were sent or were received; and any offence of cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property may be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction the property was delivered by the person deceived or was received by the accused person.
(2) Any offence punishable under section 82 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 may be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction the offence was committed or the offender last resided with his or her spouse by the first marriage, or the wife by the first marriage has taken up permanent residence after the commission of the offence.
Text from India Code

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