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Section 261 BNSS — When accused shall be discharged

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Official PDF page 84

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261. When, in any warrant-case instituted on a police report, the accused appears or is brought before a Magistrate at the commencement of the trial, the Magistrate shall satisfy himself that he has complied with the provisions of section 230.

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