Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 284
Summary trial by Magistrate of second class
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BNSS Section 284 deals with summary trial by magistrate of second class and replaces CrPC 261.
Bare act text — BNSS 284
284. Summary trial by Magistrate of second class.
The High Court may confer on any Magistrate invested with the powers of a Magistrate of the second class power to try summarily any offence which is punishable only with fine or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months with or without fine, and any abetment of or attempt to commit any such offence.
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What was BNSS Section 284 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 284 (Summary trial by Magistrate of second class) replaces Section 261 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 261 is now BNSS 284.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 279 — Non-appearance or death of complainant
- BNSS 280 — Withdrawal of complaint
- BNSS 281 — Power to stop proceedings in certain cases
- BNSS 282 — Power of Court to convert summons-cases into warrant-cases
- BNSS 283 — Power to try summarily
- BNSS 285 — Procedure for summary trials
- BNSS 286 — Record in summary trials
- BNSS 287 — Judgment in cases tried summarily
- BNSS 288 — Language of record and judgment
- BNSS 289 — Application of Chapter