BNSS 439 — Power to order inquiry.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

On examining any record under section 438 or otherwise,  the  High
Court or the Sessions Judge may direct the Chief Judicial Magistrate by himself or by any of the Magistrates
subordinate to him to make, and the Chief Judicial Magistrate may himself make or direct any subordinate
Magistrate to make, further inquiry into any complaint which has been dismissed under section 226 or sub-
section (4) of section 227, or into the case of any person accused of an offence who has been discharged:
Provided  that  no  Court  shall  make  any  direction  under  this  section  for  inquiry  into  the  case  of  any
person who has  been  discharged  unless such person  has had an  opportunity of showing cause why such
direction should not be made.

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