Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 520
Trials before High Courts
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BNSS Section 520 deals with trials before high courts and replaces CrPC 474.
Bare act text — BNSS 520
520. Trials before High Courts.
When an offence is tried by the High Court otherwise than under section 447, it shall, in the trial of the offence, observe the same procedure as a Court of Sessions would observe if it were trying the case.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 520 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 520 (Trials before High Courts) replaces Section 474 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 474 is now BNSS 520.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 515 — Commencement of period of limitation
- BNSS 516 — Exclusion of time in certain cases
- BNSS 517 — Exclusion of date on which Court is closed
- BNSS 518 — Continuing offence
- BNSS 519 — Extension of period of limitation in certain cases
- BNSS 521 — Delivery to commanding officers of persons liable to be tried by Court-martial
- BNSS 522 — Forms
- BNSS 523 — Power of High Court to make rules
- BNSS 524 — Power to alter functions allocated to Executive Magistrate in certain cases
- BNSS 525 — Cases in which Judge or Magistrate is personally interested