BNSS 220 — Prosecution of offences under section 85 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

No Court shall
take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 except
upon  a  police  report  of  facts  which  constitute  such  offence  or  upon  a  complaint  made  by the  person
aggrieved by the offence or by her father, mother, brother, sister or by her father’s or mother’s brother or
sister or, with the leave of the Court, by any other person related to her by blood, marriage or adoption.

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