Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 242
Offences of same kind within year may be charged together
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BNSS Section 242 deals with offences of same kind within year may be charged together and replaces CrPC 219.
Bare act text — BNSS 242
242. Offences of same kind within year may be charged together.
(1) When a person is accused of more offences than one of the same kind committed within the space of twelve months from the first to the last of such offences, whether in respect of the same person or not, he may be charged with, and tried at one trial for, any number of them not exceeding five.
(2) Offences are of the same kind when they are punishable with the same amount of punishment under the same section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 or of any special or local law: Provided that for the purposes of this section, an offence punishable under sub-section (2) of section 303 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 shall be deemed to be an offence of the same kind as an offence punishable under section 305 of the said Sanhita, and that an offence punishable under any section of the said Sanhita, or of any special or local law, shall be deemed to be an offence of the same kind as an attempt to commit such offence, when such an attempt is an offence.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 242 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 242 (Offences of same kind within year may be charged together) replaces Section 219 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 219 is now BNSS 242.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 237 — Words in charge taken in sense of law under which offence is punishable
- BNSS 238 — Effect of errors
- BNSS 239 — Court may alter charge
- BNSS 240 — Recall of witnesses when charge altered
- BNSS 241 — Separate charges for distinct offences
- BNSS 243 — Trial for more than one offence
- BNSS 244 — Where it is doubtful what offence has been committed
- BNSS 245 — When offence proved included in offence charged
- BNSS 246 — What persons may be charged jointly
- BNSS 247 — Withdrawal of remaining charges on conviction on one of several charges