CrPC Section 209: Commitment of case to Court of Session when offence is triable exclusively by it
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 16: Commencement of proceedings before Magistrates
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
¶ 209. Commitment of case to Court of Session when offence is triable exclusively by it.- When in a case instituted on a police report or otherwise, the accused appears or is brought before the Magistrate and it appears to the Magistrate that the offence is triable exclusively by the Court of Session, he shall-
¶(a) commit, after complying with the provisions of section 207 or section 208, as the case may be, the case to the Court of Session, and subject to the provisions of this Code relating to bail, remand the accused to custody until such commitment has been made;
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(b) subject to the provisions of this Code relating to bail, remand the accused to custody during, and until the conclusion of, the trial;
¶(c) send to that Court the record of the case and the documents and articles, if any, which are to be produced in evidence;
¶(d) notify the Public Prosecutor of the commitment of the case to the Court of Session.
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STATE AMENDMENTS
¶Gujarat:
¶In section 209 for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-
¶"(a) Commit the case, after complying with the provisions of section 207 or section 208, as the case may be, to the Court of Session and, subject to the provisions of this Code relating to bail, remand the accused to custody until such commitment has been made".
[Vide President's Act 30 of 1976, Section 2 (w.e.f. 7-7-1976). ]
¶Uttar Pradesh:
¶In section 209 for clauses (a) and (b), the following clauses shall be substituted and be deemed always to have been substituted, namely:-
¶"(a) as soon as may be after complying with the provisions of section 207, commit the case to Court of Session;
¶(b) subject to the provisions of the Code relating to bail, remand the accused to the custody until commitment of the case under clause (a) and thereafter during and until the conclusion of the trial."
¶[Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 16 of 1976, Section 6.]
Study: explanations and related material
Now BNSS 232 (corresponding section). CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03), p13
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Other sections in this chapter
- 204. Issue of process
- 205. Magistrate may dispense with personal attendance of accused
- 206. Special summons in cases of petty offence
- 207. Supply to the accused of copy of police report and other documents
- 208. Supply of copies of statements and documents to accused in other cases triable by Court of Session
- 210. Procedure to be followed when there is a complaint case and police investigation in respect of the same offence