Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 220

BNSS 220: earlier CrPC 198A

Section 220 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 198A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 220 deals with prosecution of offences under section 85 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024. Both texts are set out below, side by side, with the changed words marked.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 220 was CrPC 198A.

Prosecution of offences under section 85 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

Carried over
91% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XIV
s. 198A
Prosecution of offences under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code
No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) except upon a police report of facts which constitute such offence or upon a complaint made by the person aggrieved by the offence or by her father, mother, brother, sister or by her father’s or mother’s brother or sister or, with the leave of the Court, by any other person related to her by blood, marriage or adoption.]
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XV
s. 220
Prosecution of offences under section 85 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 except upon a police report of facts which constitute such offence or upon a complaint made by the person aggrieved by the offence or by her father, mother, brother, sister or by her father’s or mother’s brother or sister or, with the leave of the Court, by any other person related to her by blood, marriage or adoption.
Text from India Code

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