Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 448
Power of Sessions Judge to transfer cases and appeals
In one line
BNSS Section 448 deals with power of sessions judge to transfer cases and appeals and replaces CrPC 408.
Bare act text — BNSS 448
448. Power of Sessions Judge to transfer cases and appeals.
(1) Whenever it is made to appear to a Sessions Judge that an order under this sub-section is expedient for the ends of justice, he may order that any particular case be transferred from one Criminal Court to another Criminal Court in his sessions division.
(2) The Sessions Judge may act either on the report of the lower Court, or on the application of a party interested, or on his own initiative.
(3) The provisions of sub-sections (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (9) of section 447 shall apply in relation to an application to the Sessions Judge for an order under sub-section (1) as they apply in relation to an application to the High Court for an order under sub-section (1) of section 447, except that sub-section (7) of that section shall so apply as if for the word "sum" occurring therein, the words "sum not exceeding ten thousand rupees" were substituted.
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 408 → BNSS 448: The words "one thousand rupees" are replaced by "sum", whereas "two hundred and fifty rupees" is replaced by "sum not exceeding ten thousand rupees".
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 448 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 448 (Power of Sessions Judge to transfer cases and appeals) replaces Section 408 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 408 is now BNSS 448.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 443 — Power of High Court to withdraw or transfer revision cases
- BNSS 444 — Option of Court to hear parties
- BNSS 445 — High Court's order to be certified to lower Court
- BNSS 446 — Power of Supreme Court to transfer cases and appeals
- BNSS 447 — Power of High Court to transfer cases and appeals
- BNSS 449 — Withdrawal of cases and appeals by Sessions Judges
- BNSS 450 — Withdrawal of cases by Judicial Magistrates
- BNSS 451 — Making over or withdrawal of cases by Executive Magistrates
- BNSS 452 — Reasons to be recorded
- BNSS 453 — Execution of order passed under section 409