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CrPC Section 214: Words in charge taken in sense of law under which offence is punishable

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 17: The Charge

Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).

214. Words in charge taken in sense of law under which offence is punishable.- In every charge words used in describing an offence shall be deemed to have been used in the sense attached to them respectively by the law under which such offence is punishable.

Study: explanations and related material

Now BNSS 237 (corresponding section). CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03), p13

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