Code of Criminal Procedure
CrPC 259 is now BNSS 282.
Power of Court to convert summons-cases into warrant-cases
Carried over
97% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XX
s. 259
Power of Court to convert summons-cases into warrant-cases
When in the course of the trial of a summons-case relating to an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding six months, it appears to the Magistrate that in the interests of justice, the offence should be tried in accordance with the procedure for the trial of warrant-cases, such Magistrate may proceed to re-hear the case in the manner provided by this Code for the trial of warrant-cases and may re-call any witness who may have been examined.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXI
s. 282
Power of Court to convert summons-cases into warrant-cases.
When in the course of the trial of a summons-case relating to an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding six months, it appears to the Magistrate that in the interests of justice, the offence should be tried in accordance with the procedure for the trial of warrant-cases, such Magistrate may proceed to re-hear the case in the manner provided by this Sanhita for the trial of warrant-cases and may recall any witness who may have been examined.
Text from India Code