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Section 343 - Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
343.Procedure of Magistrate taking cognizance.-
(1) A Magistrate to whom a complaint is made under section 340 or section 341 shall, notwithstanding anything contained in Chapter XV, proceed, as far as may be, to deal with the case as if it were instituted on a police report.
(2) Where it is brought to the notice of such Magistrate, or of any other Magistrate to whom the case may have been transferred, that an appeal is pending against the decision arrived at in the judicial proceeding out of which the matter has arisen, he may, if he thinks fit, at any stage, adjourn the hearing of the case until such appeal is decided.
Related Sections
- Section 381: Appeal to Court of Session how heard
- Section 402: Power of High Court to withdraw or transfer revision cases
- Section 141: Procedure on order being made absolute and consequences of disobedience
- Section 223: What persons may be charged jointly
- Section 359: Order to pay costs in non-cognizable cases
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