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BNSS Section 285: Procedure for summary trials

Section 285 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with procedure for summary trials. It replaces CrPC 262 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Text of BNSS Section 285

285. (1) In trials under this Chapter, the procedure specified in this Sanhita for the trial of summons-case shall be followed except as hereinafter mentioned.

(2) No sentence of imprisonment for a term exceeding three months shall be passed in the case of any conviction under this Chapter.

Record in summary trials

CrPC sections replaced

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