BNSS 282 — Power of Court to convert summons-cases into warrant-cases.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

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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