CrPC 255BNSS 278

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Under Section 278 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 255 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973)...

Bare act text — BNSS 278

278. Acquittal or conviction .—(1) If the Magistrate, upon taking the evidence refer red to in section 277 and such further evidence, if any, as he may, of his own motion, cause to be produced, finds the accused not guilty, he shall record an order of acquittal. (2) Where the Magistrate does not proceed in accordan ce with the provisions of section 364 or section 401, he shall, if he finds the accused guilty, pass sentence upon him according to law. (3) A Magistrate may, under section 275 or section 278, convict the accused of any offence triable under this Chapter, which from the facts admitted or proved he appears to have committed, whatever may be the nature of the complaint or summons, if the Magistrate is satisfied that the accused would not be prejudiced thereby.