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CHAPTER XIX TRIAL OF WARRANT-CASES BY MAGISTRATES · A.–Cases instituted on a police report

Section 241: Conviction on plea of guilty

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

If the accused pleads guilty, the Magistrate shall record the plea and may, in his discretion, convict him thereon.

Now in the BNSS

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

241. Conviction on plea of guilty.BNSS 264

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