Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 250

BNSS 250: earlier CrPC 227

Section 250 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 replaces Section 227 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. BNSS 250 deals with discharge. The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below. 250(1) is new. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 250 was CrPC 227.

Discharge. · The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below. 250(1) is new.

Modified
Old wording kept in full
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XVIII
s. 227
Discharge
If, upon consideration of the record of the case and the documents submitted therewith, and after hearing the submissions of the accused and the prosecution in this behalf, the Judge considers that there is not sufficient ground for proceeding against the accused, he shall discharge the accused and record his reasons for so doing.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XIX
s. 250(2)of section 250
Discharge.
(2) If, upon consideration of the record of the case and the documents submitted therewith, and after hearing the submissions of the accused and the prosecution in this behalf, the Judge considers that there is not sufficient ground for proceeding against the accused, he shall discharge the accused and record his reasons for so doing.
Text from India Code

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