Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 508
Proceedings in wrong place
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BNSS Section 508 deals with proceedings in wrong place and replaces CrPC 462.
Bare act text — BNSS 508
508. Proceedings in wrong place.
No finding, sentence or order of any Criminal Court shall be set aside merely on the ground that the inquiry, trial or other proceedings in the course of which it was arrived at or passed, took place in a wrong sessions division, district, sub-division or other local area, unless it appears that such error has in fact occasioned a failure of justice.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 508 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 508 (Proceedings in wrong place) replaces Section 462 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 462 is now BNSS 508.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 503 — Procedure by police upon seizure of property
- BNSS 504 — Procedure where no claimant appears within six months
- BNSS 505 — Power to sell perishable property
- BNSS 506 — Irregularities which do not vitiate proceedings
- BNSS 507 — Irregularities which vitiate proceedings
- BNSS 509 — Non-compliance with provisions of section 183 or section 316
- BNSS 510 — Effect of omission to frame, or absence of, or error in, charge
- BNSS 511 — Finding or sentence when reversible by reason of error, omission or irregularity
- BNSS 512 — Defect or error not to make attachment unlawful
- BNSS 513 — Definitions