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CHAPTER XXXV IRREGULAR PROCEEDINGS

Section 464: Effect of omission to frame, or absence of, or error in, charge

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.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) No finding, sentence or order by a Court of competent jurisdiction shall be deemed invalid merely on the ground that no charge was framed or on the ground of any error, omission or irregularity in the charge including any misjoinder of charges, unless, in the opinion of the Court of appeal, confirmation or revision, a failure of justice has in fact been occasioned thereby.

(2) If the Court of appeal, confirmation or revision, is of opinion that a failure of justice has in fact been occasioned, it may,—

(a) in the case of an omission to frame a charge, order that a charge be framed, and that the trial be recommended from the point immediately after the framing of the charge;

(b) in the case of an error, omission or irregularity in the charge, direct a new trial to be had upon a charge framed in whatever manner it thinks fit:

Provided that if the Court is of opinion that the facts of the case are such that no valid charge could be preferred against the accused in respect of the facts proved, it shall quash the conviction.

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

464. Effect of omission to frame, or absence of, or error in, charge.BNSS 510

Questions on this section

1 question in 1 of our papers cite Section 464. Try these from the free papers:

  1. 1. With reference to Pynchemalangaki Bareh v. State of Meghalaya (10 September 2026), consider the following statements: 1. A baptismal certificate is not one of the documents prescribed by Section 94(2) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 for determining age. 2. As the victim's minority was not proved, the conviction under Section 4 of the POCSO Act was altered to one under Section 376 IPC, there being no failure of justice under Section 464 CrPC. 3. The Court held that an ossification test must be conducted in every POCSO case even where a school certificate is available. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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