CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
392. Procedure where Judges of Court of Appeal are equally divided
433. Procedure where Judges of Court of appeal are equally divided
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
392. Procedure where Judges of Court of Appeal are equally divided.—When an appeal under this Chapter
is heard by a High Court before a Bench of Judges and they are divided in opinion, the appeal, with their opinions,
shall be laid before another Judge of that Court, and that Judge, after such hearing as he thinks fit, shall deliver his
opinion, and the judgment or order shall follow that opinion:
Provided that if one of the Judges constituting the Bench, or, where the appeal is laid before another Judge
under this section, that Judge, so requires, the appeal shall be re-heard and decided by a larger Bench of Judges.
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
433. Procedure where Judges of Court of appeal are equally divided.—When an appeal under this
Chapter is heard by a High Court before a Bench of Judges and they are divided in opinion, the appeal, with
their opinions, shall be laid before another Judge of that Court, and that Judge, after such hearing as he
thinks fit, shall deliver his opinion, and the judgment or order shall follow that opinion:
Provided that if one of the Judges constituting the Bench, or, where the appeal is laid before another
Judge under this section, that Judge, so requires, the appeal shall be re-heard and decided by a larger Bench
of Judges.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023