CrPC 235BNSS 258

What changed

• New addition to subsection (1) for time bound disposal- After hearing arguments and points of law (if any), the Judge shall give a judgement in the case, "as soon as possible, within a period of thirty days from the date of completion of arguments, which may be extended, to a period of fortyfive days for reasons to be recorded in writing".

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Under Section 258 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 235 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973)...

Bare act text — BNSS 258

258. Judgment of acquittal or conviction .—(1) After hearing arguments and points of law (if any), the Judge shall give a judgment in the case, as soon as possible, within a period of thirty days from the date of completion of arguments, which may be extended to a period of forty-five days for reasons to be recorded in writing. (2) If the accused is convicted, the Judge shall, unless he proceeds in accordance with the provisions of section 401, hear the accused on the questions of sentence, and then pass sentence on him according to law.