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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Repealed w.e.f. 1 July 2024

Section 320 CrPC - Compounding of offences

Section 320 CrPC is now Section 359 of the BNSS - the BNSS replaced the CrPC on 1 July 2024.
Act
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section
320 - Compounding of offences
New provision
Section 359 BNSS

CrPC → BNSS: what changed

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Section 359 BNSS Modified In the table of compoundable offences, the corresponding IPC sections are replaced by BNS sections. Section 497 IPC is excluded as it is not included in BNS. The rest remains same., IPS , Director, CAPT Bhopal

Section 320 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 deals with compounding of offences. Under the new law this is Section 359 of the BNSS.

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