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CHAPTER XVIII THE CHARGE · A.—Form of charges

Section 237: Words in charge taken in sense of law under which offence is punishable

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

In every charge words used in describing an offence shall be deemed to have been used in the sense attached to them respectively by the law under which such offence is punishable.

Corresponding CrPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

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