CrPC Section 303: Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 24: General Provisions as
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
303. Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended.- Any person accused of an offence before a Criminal Court, or against whom proceedings are instituted under this Code, may of right be defended by a pleader of his choice.
Bare act text for reference, current to 30 June 2024. It is not legal advice; check the official gazette for authoritative text.
Other sections in this chapter
- 300. Person once convicted or acquitted not to be tried for same offence
- 301. Appearance by public prosecutors
- 302. Permission to conduct prosecution
- 304. Legal aid to accused at State expense in certain cases
- 305. Procedure when corporation or registered society is an accused
- 306. Tender of pardon to accomplish
- 307. Power to direct tender of pardon
- 308. Trial of person not complying with conditions of pardon
- 309. Power to postpone or adjourn proceedings
- 310. Local inspection
- 311. Power to summon material witness, or examine person present
- 311A. Power of Magistrate to order person to give specimen signatures or handwriting
- 312. Expenses of complainants and witnesses
- 313. Power to examine the accused
- 314. Oral arguments and memorandum of arguments
- 315. Accused person to be competent witness
- 316. No influence to be used to induce disclosure
- 317. Provision for inquiries and trial being held in the absence of accused in certain cases
- 318. Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings
- 319. Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence
- 320. Compounding of offences
- 321. Withdrawal from prosecution
- 322. Procedure in cases which Magistrate cannot dispose of
- 323. Procedure when, after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be committed
- 324. Trial of persons previously convicted of offences against coinage, stamp law or property
- 325. Procedure when Magistrate can not pass sentence sufficiently severe
- 326. Conviction or commitment on evidence partly recorded by one Magistrate and partly by another
- 327. Court to be open