CrPC § 214 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 214 CrPC — Words in charge taken in sense of law under which offence is punishable
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 237 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the CrPC.
The law now: BNSS 237 — Words in charge taken in sense of law under which offence is punishable
In every charge words used in describing an offence shall be deemed to have been used in the sense attached to them respectively by the law under which such offence is punishable.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 237 in full