BNSS 511 — Finding or sentence when reversible by reason of error, omission or irregularity.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

(1) Subject
to  the  provisions  hereinbefore  contained,  no  finding,  sentence  or  order  passed  by  a  Court  of  competent
jurisdiction shall be reversed or altered by a Court of appeal, confirmation of revision on account of any
error, omission or irregularity in the complaint, summons, warrant, proclamation, order, judgment or other
proceedings before or during trial or in any inquiry or other proceedings under this Sanhita, or any error, or
irregularity in any sanction for the prosecution, unless in the opinion of that Court, a failure of justice has
in fact been occasioned thereby.
(2) In determining whether any error, omission or irregularity in any proceeding under this Sanhita, or
any error, or irregularity in any sanction for the prosecution has occasioned a failure of justice, the Court
shall have regard to the fact whether the objection could and should have been raised at an earlier stage in
the proceedings.

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