BNSS § 520 · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Section 520 BNSS — Trials before High Courts

Replaces CrPC 474 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. In force since 1 July 2024.

The text

When an offence is tried by the High Court otherwise than under section 447, it shall, in the trial of the offence, observe the same procedure as a Court of Sessions would observe if it were trying the case.

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

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