BNSS272
BNSS Section 272: Absence of complainant
Ch XX · Trial of Warrant-cases by Magistrates
Gazette p.100
Verbatim · BNSS272. Absence of complainant.—When the proceedings have been instituted upon complaint, and on any day fixed for the hearing of the case, the complainant is absent, and the offence may be lawfully compounded or is not a cognizable offence, the Magistrate may after giving thirty days’ time to the complainant to be present, in his discretion, notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, at any time before the charge has been framed, discharge the accused.
Corresponds (indicatively) to CrPC 249 of the repealed Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC → BNSS table
Cite as: Section 272, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023)