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BNSS Section 280: Withdrawal of complaint

Section 280 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with withdrawal of complaint. It replaces CrPC 257 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Text of BNSS Section 280

280. If a complainant, at any time before a final order is passed in any case under this Chapter, satisfies the Magistrate that there are sufficient grounds for permitting him to withdraw his complaint against the accused, or if there be more than one accused, against all or any of them, the Magistrate may permit him to withdraw the same, and shall thereupon acquit the accused against whom the complaint is so withdrawn.

Power to stop proceedings in certain cases.

CrPC sections replaced

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