BNSS § 280 · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Section 280 BNSS — Withdrawal of complaint

Replaces CrPC 257 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. In force since 1 July 2024.

The text

If a complainant, at any time before a final order is passed in any case under this Chapter, satisfies the Magistrate that there are sufficient grounds for permitting him to withdraw his complaint against the accused, or if there be more than one accused, against all or any of them, the Magistrate may permit him to withdraw the same, and shall thereupon acquit the accused against whom the complaint is so withdrawn.

Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text.

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