CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
198A. Prosecution of offences under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code
220. Prosecution of offences under section 85 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
[198A. Prosecution of offences under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code.—No Court shall
take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860)
except upon a police report of facts which constitute such offence or upon a complaint made by the
person aggrieved by the offence or by her father, mother, brother, sister or by her father’s or mother’s
brother or sister or, with the leave of the Court, by any other person related to her by blood, marriage or
adoption.]
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
220. Prosecution of offences under section 85 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.— No Court shall
take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 except
upon a police report of facts which constitute such offence or upon a complaint made by the person
aggrieved by the offence or by her father, mother, brother, sister or by her father’s or mother’s brother or
sister or, with the leave of the Court, by any other person related to her by blood, marriage or adoption.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023