Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 382
Procedure of Magistrate taking cognizance
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BNSS Section 382 deals with procedure of magistrate taking cognizance and replaces CrPC 343.
Bare act text — BNSS 382
382. Procedure of Magistrate taking cognizance.
(1) A Magistrate to whom a complaint is made under section 379 or section 380 shall, notwithstanding anything contained in Chapter XVI, proceed, as far as may be, to deal with the case as if it were instituted on a police report.
(2) Where it is brought to the notice of such Magistrate, or of any other Magistrate to whom the case may have been transferred, that an appeal is pending against the decision arrived at in the judicial proceeding out of which the matter has arisen, he may, if he thinks fit, at any stage, adjourn the hearing of the case until such appeal is decided.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 382 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 382 (Procedure of Magistrate taking cognizance) replaces Section 343 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 343 is now BNSS 382.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 377 — Procedure where person of unsound mind detained is declared fit to be released
- BNSS 378 — Delivery of person of unsound mind to care of relative or friend
- BNSS 379 — Procedure in cases mentioned in section 215
- BNSS 380 — Appeal
- BNSS 381 — Power to order costs
- BNSS 383 — Summary procedure for trial for giving false evidence
- BNSS 384 — Procedure in certain cases of contempt
- BNSS 385 — Procedure where Court considers that case should not be dealt with under section 384
- BNSS 386 — When Registrar or Sub-Registrar to be deemed a Civil Court
- BNSS 387 — Discharge of offender on submission of apology