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BNSS Section 449: Withdrawal of cases and appeals by Session Judges

Section 449 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with withdrawal of cases and appeals by Session Judges. It replaces CrPC 409 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Text of BNSS Section 449

449. (1) A Sessions Judge may withdraw any case or appeal from, or recall any case or appeal which he has made over to a Chief Judicial Magistrate subordinate to him.

(2) At any time before the trial of the case or the hearing of the appeal has commenced before the Additional Sessions Judge, a Sessions Judge may recall any case or appeal which he has made over to any Additional Sessions Judge.

(3) Where a Sessions Judge withdraws or recalls case or appeal under sub- section (1) or sub-section (2), he may either try the case in his own Court or hear the appeal himself, or make it over in accordance with the provisions of this Sanhita to another Court for trial or hearing, as the case may be.

Withdrawal of cases by Judicial Magistrates.

CrPC sections replaced

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