Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 362
Procedure when after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be committed
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BNSS Section 362 deals with procedure when after commencement of inquiry or trial, magistrate finds case should be committed and replaces CrPC 323.
Bare act text — BNSS 362
362. Procedure when after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be committed.
If, in any inquiry into an offence or a trial before a Magistrate, it appears to him at any stage of the proceedings before signing the judgment that the case is one which ought to be tried by the Court of Session, he shall commit it to that Court under the provisions hereinbefore contained and thereupon the provisions of Chapter XIX shall apply to the commitment so made.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 362 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 362 (Procedure when after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be committed) replaces Section 323 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 323 is now BNSS 362.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 357 — Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings
- BNSS 358 — Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence
- BNSS 359 — Compounding of offences
- BNSS 360 — Withdrawal from prosecution
- BNSS 361 — Procedure in cases which Magistrate cannot dispose of
- BNSS 363 — Trial of persons previously convicted of offences against coinage, stamp-law or property
- BNSS 364 — Procedure when Magistrate cannot pass sentence sufficiently severe
- BNSS 365 — Conviction or commitment on evidence partly recorded by one Magistrate and partly by another
- BNSS 366 — Court to be open
- BNSS 367 — Procedure in case of accused being person of unsound mind