CrPC Section 198A is now BNSS Section 220
- CrPC 198A (Prosecution of offences under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code) → BNSS 220 Prosecution of offences under section 85 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Verbatim · BNSS 220220. Prosecution of offences under section 85 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.— No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 except upon a police report of facts which constitute such offence or upon a complaint made by the person aggrieved by the offence or by her father, mother, brother, sister or by her father’s or mother’s brother or sister or, with the leave of the Court, by any other person related to her by blood, marriage or adoption.
Read the full BNSS Section 220 →
The BNSS replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 from 1 July 2024.
Old-to-new correspondence is indicative and not always one-to-one; read the new text itself.