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CHAPTER XXI SUMMARY TRIALS

Section 262: Procedure for summary trials

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

(1) In trials under this Chapter, the procedure specified in this Code for the trial of summons-case shall be followed except as hereinafter mentioned.

(2) No sentence of imprisonment for a term exceeding three months shall be passed in the case of any conviction under this Chapter.

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

262. Procedure for summary trials.BNSS 285

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  1. 1. Under Section 285(2) of the BNSS, in the case of any conviction in a summary trial, no sentence of imprisonment shall be passed for a term exceeding:

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