BNSS § 362 · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Section 362 BNSS — Procedure when after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be committed

Replaces CrPC 323 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. In force since 1 July 2024.

The text

If, in any inquiry into an offence or a trial before a Magistrate, it appears to him at any stage of the proceedings before signing the judgment that the case is one which ought to be tried by the Court of Session, he shall commit it to that Court under the provisions hereinbefore contained and thereupon the provisions of Chapter XIX shall apply to the commitment so made.

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

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