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CrPC Section 203 is now BNSS Section 226

Verbatim · BNSS 226226. Dismissal of complaint.—If, after considering the statements on oath (if any) of the complainant and of the witnesses and the result of the inquiry or investigation (if any) under section 225, the Magistrate is of opinion that there is no sufficient ground for proceeding, he shall dismiss the complaint, and in every such case he shall briefly record his reasons for so doing.

Read the full BNSS Section 226 →

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.