CrPC: Chapter 21: Summary Trails

Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).

  1. Section 260. Power to try summarily
  2. Section 261. Summary trial by Magistrate of the second class
  3. Section 262. Procedure for summary trials
  4. Section 263. Record in summary trials
  5. Section 264. Judgment in cases tried summarily
  6. Section 265. Language of record and judgment

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