CrPC § 346 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 346 CrPC — Procedure where Court considers that case should not be dealt with under Section 345
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 385 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 385 — Procedure where Court considers that case should not be dealt with under section 384
(1) If the Court in any case considers that a person accused of any of the offences referred to in section 384 and committed in its view or presence should be imprisoned otherwise than in default of payment of fine, or that a fine exceeding two hundred rupees should be imposed upon him, or such Court is for any other reason of opinion that the case should not be disposed of under section 384, such Court, after recording the facts constituting the offence and the statement of the accused as hereinbefore provided, may forward the case to a Magistrate having jurisdiction to try the same, and may require security to be given for the appearance of such person before such Magistrate, or if sufficient security is not given, shall forward such person in custody to such Magistrate.
(2) The Magistrate to whom any case is forwarded under this section shall proceed to deal with, as far as may be, as if it were instituted on a police report.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 385 in full