220. No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 except upon a police report of facts which constitute such offence or upon a complaint made by the person aggrieved by the offence or by her father, mother, brother, sister or by her father’s or mother’s brother or sister or, with the leave of the Court, by any other person related to her by blood, marriage or adoption.
CrPC Section 198A in BNSS: Section 220
Prosecution of offences under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code
Section 198A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Prosecution of offences under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code) corresponds to Section 220 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
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