Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 220
Prosecution of offences under section 85 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
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BNSS Section 220 deals with prosecution of offences under section 85 of bharatiya nyaya sanhita, 2023 and replaces CrPC 198A.
Bare act text — BNSS 220
220. Prosecution of offences under section 85 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 except upon a police report of facts which constitute such offence or upon a complaint made by the person aggrieved by the offence or by her father, mother, brother, sister or by her father’s or mother’s brother or sister or, with the leave of the Court, by any other person related to her by blood, marriage or adoption.
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What was BNSS Section 220 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 220 (Prosecution of offences under section 85 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023) replaces Section 198A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 198A is now BNSS 220.
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- BNSS 218 — Prosecution of Judges and public servants
- BNSS 219 — Prosecution for offences against marriage
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- BNSS 223 — Examination of complainant
- BNSS 224 — Procedure by Magistrate not competent to take cognizance of case
- BNSS 225 — Postponement of issue of process