Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 281
Power to stop proceedings in certain cases
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BNSS Section 281 deals with power to stop proceedings in certain cases and replaces CrPC 258.
Bare act text — BNSS 281
281. Power to stop proceedings in certain cases.
In any summons-case instituted otherwise than upon complaint, a Magistrate of the first class or, with the previous sanction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, any other Judicial Magistrate, may, for reasons to be recorded by him, stop the proceedings at any stage without pronouncing any judgment and where such stoppage of proceedings is made after the evidence of the principal witnesses has been recorded, pronounce a judgment of acquittal, and in any other case, release the accused, and such release shall have the effect of discharge.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 281 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 281 (Power to stop proceedings in certain cases) replaces Section 258 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 258 is now BNSS 281.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 276 — Conviction on plea of guilty in absence of accused in petty cases
- BNSS 277 — Procedure when not convicted
- BNSS 278 — Acquittal or conviction
- BNSS 279 — Non-appearance or death of complainant
- BNSS 280 — Withdrawal of complaint
- BNSS 282 — Power of Court to convert summons-cases into warrant-cases
- BNSS 283 — Power to try summarily
- BNSS 284 — Summary trial by Magistrate of second class
- BNSS 285 — Procedure for summary trials
- BNSS 286 — Record in summary trials