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Section 249 - Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
249.Absence of complainant.-
When the proceedings have been instituted upon complaint, and on any day fixed for the hearing of the case, the complainant is absent, and the offence may be lawfully compounded or is not a cognizable offence, the Magistrate may, in his discretion, notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, at any time before the charge has been framed, discharge the accused.
Related Sections
- Section 381: Appeal to Court of Session how heard
- Section 361: Special reasons to be recorded in certain cases.- Where in any case the Court could have dealt with
- Section 360: Order to release on probation of good conduct or after admonition
- Section 362: Court not to alter judgment
- Section 327: Court to be open
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