CrPC Section 348: Discharge of offender on submission of apology
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 26: Provisions as - offences affecting the Administration of justice
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
¶ 348. Discharge of offender on submission of apology.- When any Court has under section 345 adjudged an offender to punishment, or has under section 346 forwarded him to a Magistrate for trial, for refusing or omitting to do anything which he was lawfully required to do or for any international insult or interruption, the Court may, in its discretion, discharge the offender or remit the punishment on his submission to the order or requisition of such Court or on apology being made to its satisfaction.
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Now BNSS 387 (corresponding section). CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03), p19
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Other sections in this chapter
- 340. Procedure in cases mentioned in section 195
- 341. Appeal
- 342. Power to order Court
- 343. Procedure of Magistrate taking cognizance
- 344. Summary procedure for trial for giving false evidence
- 345. Procedure in certain cases of contempt
- 346. Procedure where Court considers that case should not be dealt with under section 345
- 347. When Registrar or Sub-Registrar to be deemed a Civil Court
- 349. Imprisonment or committal of person refusing to answer or produce document
- 350. Summary procedure for punishment for non-attendance by a witness in obedience to summons
- 351. Appeals from convictions under sections 344, 345, 349 and 350
- 352. Certain Judges and Magistrates not to try certain offences when committed before themselves