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CHAPTER II CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES

Section 6: Classes of Criminal Courts

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Besides the High Courts and the Courts constituted under any law, other than this Sanhita, there shall be, in every State, the following classes of Criminal Courts, namely:—

(i) Courts of Session;

(ii) Judicial Magistrates of the first class;

(iii) Judicial Magistrates of the second class; and

(iv) Executive Magistrates.

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

1 question in 8 of our papers cite Section 6. Try these from the free papers:

  1. 1. Besides the High Courts and the Courts constituted under any other law, which of the following is NOT a class of Criminal Courts listed in Section 6 of the BNSS?

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