If a complainant, at any time before a final order is passed in any case under this Chapter, satisfies the Magistrate that there are sufficient grounds for permitting him to withdraw his complaint against the accused, or if there be more than one accused, against all or any of them, the Magistrate may permit him to withdraw the same, and shall thereupon acquit the accused against whom the complaint is so withdrawn.
CHAPTER XXI TRIAL OF SUMMONS-CASES BY MAGISTRATES
Section 280: Withdrawal of complaint
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
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
Questions on this section
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1. Under Section 280 of the BNSS, if a complainant in a summons-case satisfies the Magistrate, before a final order is passed, that there are sufficient grounds for permitting him to withdraw his complaint, the Magistrate may permit the withdrawal and shall thereupon