CrPC 198B — Cognizance of offence

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Statutory text

[198B.  Cognizance  of  offence.—No  Court  shall  take  cognizance  of  an  offence  punishable  under
section  376B  of  the  Indian  Penal  Code  (45  of  1860) where  the  persons  are  in  a  marital  relationship,
except  upon prima  facie satisfaction  of  the  facts  which  constitute  the  offence  upon  a  complaint  having been filed or made by the wife against the husband.]

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