Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

BNSS Section 433

Procedure where Judges of Court of appeal are equally divided

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BNSS Section 433 deals with procedure where judges of court of appeal are equally divided and replaces CrPC 392.

Bare act text — BNSS 433

433. Procedure where Judges of Court of appeal are equally divided.

When an appeal under this Chapter is heard by a High Court before a Bench of Judges and they are divided in opinion, the appeal, with their opinions, shall be laid before another Judge of that Court, and that Judge, after such hearing as he thinks fit, shall deliver his opinion, and the judgment or order shall follow that opinion: Provided that if one of the Judges constituting the Bench, or, where the appeal is laid before another Judge under this section, that Judge, so requires, the appeal shall be re-heard and decided by a larger Bench of Judges.

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What was BNSS Section 433 in the CrPC?

BNSS Section 433 (Procedure where Judges of Court of appeal are equally divided) replaces Section 392 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 392 is now BNSS 433.

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