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BNSS Section 448: Power of Sessions Judge to transfer cases and appeals

Section 448 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with power of Sessions Judge to transfer cases and appeals. It replaces CrPC 408 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Text of BNSS Section 448

448. (1) Whenever it is made to appear to a Sessions Judge that an order under this sub-section is expedient for the ends of justice, he may order that any particular case be transferred from one Criminal Court to another Criminal Court in his sessions division.

(2) The Sessions Judge may act either on the report of the lower Court, or on the application of a party interested, or on his own initiative.

(3) The provisions of sub-sections (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (9) of section 447 shall apply in relation to an application to the Sessions Judge for an order under sub- section (1) as they apply in relation to an application to the High Court for an order under sub-section (1) of section 447, except that sub-section (7) of that section shall SO apply as if for the word "sum" occurring therein, the words "sum not exceeding ten thousand rupees" were substituted.

Withdrawal of cases and appeals by Sessions Judges.

CrPC sections replaced

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