Section 239 CrPC - When accused shall be Discharged

Section 239 CrPC is now Section 262 of the BNSS - the BNSS replaced the CrPC on 1 July 2024.

CrPC → BNSS: what changed

This section	Change	Remarks
Section 262 BNSS	Modified	New subsection 262(1) provides the time limit of application for discharge by accused as "within a period of sixty days from the date of supply of copies of document under section 230". Examination of accused through audio - video electronic means can be done as added in sub - section (2).

Section 239 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 deals with when accused shall be Discharged. Under the new law this is Section 262 of the BNSS.

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