Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 210
Cognizance of offences by Magistrate
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BNSS Section 210 deals with cognizance of offences by magistrate and replaces CrPC 190.
Bare act text — BNSS 210
210. Cognizance of offences by Magistrate.
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, any Magistrate of the first class, and any Magistrate of the second class specially empowered in this behalf under sub-section (2), may take cognizance of any offence— (a) upon receiving a complaint of facts, including any complaint filed by a person authorised under any special law, which constitutes such offence; (b) upon a police report (submitted in any mode including electronic mode) of such facts; (c) upon information received from any person other than a police officer, or upon his own knowledge, that such offence has been committed.
(2) The Chief Judicial Magistrate may empower any Magistrate of the second class to take cognizance under sub-section (1) of such offences as are within his competence to inquire into or try.
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 190 → BNSS 210: The words "including any complaint filed by a person authorised under any special law" and "submitted in any mode including electronic mode " are added in clause (a ) and (b ) of subsection (1).
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 210 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 210 (Cognizance of offences by Magistrate) replaces Section 190 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 190 is now BNSS 210.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 205 — Power to order cases to be tried in different sessions divisions
- BNSS 206 — High Court to decide, in case of doubt, district where inquiry or trial shall take place
- BNSS 207 — Power to issue summons or warrant for offence committed beyond local jurisdiction
- BNSS 208 — Offence committed outside India
- BNSS 209 — Receipt of evidence relating to offences committed outside India
- BNSS 211 — Transfer on application of accused
- BNSS 212 — Making over of cases to Magistrates
- BNSS 213 — Cognizance of offences by Court of Session
- BNSS 214 — Additional Sessions Judges to try cases made over to them
- BNSS 215 — . Prosecution for contempt of lawful authority of public servants, for offences against public justice and for offences relating to documents given in evidence