BNSS 449 — Withdrawal of cases and appeals by Sessions Judges.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

(1) A Sessions Judge  may withdraw
any case or appeal from, or recall any case or appeal which he has made over to a Chief Judicial Magistrate
subordinate to him.
(2)  At  any  time  before  the  trial  of  the  case  or  the  hearing  of  the  appeal  has  commenced  before  the
Additional Sessions Judge, a Sessions Judge may recall any case or appeal which he has made over to any
Additional Sessions Judge.
(3)   Where   a   Sessions   Judge   withdraws   or   recalls   case   or   appeal   under   sub-section   (1)   or
sub-section (2), he may either try the case in his own Court or hear the appeal himself, or make it over in
accordance with the provisions of this Sanhita to another Court for trial or hearing, as the case may be.

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