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BNSS Section 433: Procedure where Judges of Court of Appeal are equally divided

Section 433 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with procedure where Judges of Court of Appeal are equally divided. It replaces CrPC 392 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Text of BNSS Section 433

433. When an appeal under this Chapter is heard by a High Court before a Bench of Judges and they are divided in opinion, the appeal, with their opinions, shall be laid before another Judge of that Court, and that Judge, after such hearing as he thinks fit, shall deliver his opinion, and the judgment or order shall follow that Opinion:

Provided that if one of the Judges constituting the Bench, or, where the appeal is laid before another Judge under this section, that Judge, so requires, the appeal shall be re-heard and decided by a larger Bench of Judges.

Finality of judgments and orders on appeal.

CrPC sections replaced

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