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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Repealed w.e.f. 1 July 2024

Section 249 CrPC - Absence of complainant

Section 249 CrPC is now Section 272 of the BNSS - the BNSS replaced the CrPC on 1 July 2024.
Act
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section
249 - Absence of complainant
New provision
Section 272 BNSS

CrPC → BNSS: what changed

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Section 272 BNSS Modified It is added that the Magistrate may “after giving thirty days’ time to the complainant to be present before proceeding further .

Section 249 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 deals with absence of complainant. Under the new law this is Section 272 of the BNSS.

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