CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
198B. Cognizance of offence
221. Cognizance of offence
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
[198B. Cognizance of offence.—No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under
section 376B of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) where the persons are in a marital relationship,
except upon prima facie satisfaction of the facts which constitute the offence upon a complaint having
been filed or made by the wife against the husband.]
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
221. Cognizance of offence.— No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under
section 67 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 where the persons are in a marital relationship, except
upon prima facie satisfaction of the facts which constitute the offence upon a complaint having been filed
or made by the wife against the husband.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023