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Section 282 BNSS — Power of Court to convert summonscases into warrant-cases

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Official PDF page 89

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282. When in the course of the trial of a summons-case relating to an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding six months, it appears to the Magistrate that in the interests of justice, the offence should be tried in accordance with the procedure for the trial of warrant-cases, such Magistrate may proceed to re-hear the case in the manner provided by this Sanhita for the trial of warrant-cases and may recall any witness who may have been examined.

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