248. Acquittal or conviction. (1) If, in any case under this Chapter in which a charge has been framed, the Magistrate finds the accused notRead More →

249. Absence of complainant. When the proceedings have been instituted upon complaint, and on any day fixed for the hearing of the case, the complainantRead More →

250. Compensation for accusation without reasonable cause. (1) If, in any case instituted upon complaint or upon information given to a police officer or toRead More →

251. Substance of accusation to be stated. When in a summons-case the accused appears or is brought before the Magistrate, the particulars of the offenceRead More →

252. Conviction on plea of guilty. If the accused pleads guilty, the Magistrate shall record the plea as nearly as possible in the words usedRead More →

253. Conviction on plea of guilty in absence of accused in petty cases. (1) Where a summons has been issued under section 206 and theRead More →

254. Procedure when not convicted. (1) If the Magistrate does not convict the accused under section 252 or section 253, the Magistrate shall proceed toRead More →

255. Acquittal or conviction. (1) If the Magistrate, upon taking the evidence referred to in section 254 and such further evidence, if any, as heRead More →

256. Non-appearance or death of complainant. (1) If the summons has been issued on complaint and on the day appointed for the appearance of theRead More →

257. Withdrawal of complaint. If a complainant, at any time before a final order is passed in any case under this Chapter, satisfies the MagistrateRead More →

258. Power to stop proceedings in certain cases. In any summons-case instituted otherwise than upon complaint, a Magistrate of the first class or, with theRead More →

259. Power of Court to convert summons-cases into warrant cases. When in the course of the trial of a summons-case relating to an offence punishableRead More →

260. Power to try summarily. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Code- (a) any Chief Judicial Magistrate; (b) any Metropolitan Magistrate; (c) any Magistrate ofRead More →

261. Summary trial by Magistrate of the second class. The High Court may confer on any Magistrate invested with the powers of a Magistrate ofRead More →

262. Procedure for summary trials. (1) In trial under this Chapter, the procedure specified in this Code for the trial of summons-case shall be followedRead More →

263. Record in summary trials. In every case tried summarily, the Magistrate shall enter, in such form as the State Government may direct, the followingRead More →