CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
352. Certain Judges and Magistrates not to try certain offences when committed before themselves
391. Certain Judges and Magistrates not to try certain offences when committed before
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
352. Certain Judges and Magistrates not to try certain offences when committed before themselves.—
Except as provided in sections 344, 345, 349 and 350, no Judge of a Criminal Court (other than a Judge of a High
Court) or Magistrate shall try any person for any offence referred to in section 195, when such offence is committed
before himself or in contempt of his authority, or is brought under his notice as such Judge or Magistrate in the
course of a judicial proceeding.
CHAPTER XXVII
THE JUDGMENT
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
391. Certain Judges and Magistrates not to try certain offences when committed before
themselves.—Except as provided in sections 383, 384, 388 and 389, no Judge of a Criminal Court (other
than a Judge of a High Court) or Magistrate shall try any person for any offence referred to in section 215,
when such offence is committed before himself or in contempt of his authority, or is brought under his
notice as such Judge or Magistrate in the course of a judicial proceeding.
CHAPTER XXIX
THE JUDGMENT
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023