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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 185: Power to order cases to be tried in different sessions divisions
- Section 312: Expenses of complainants and witnesses
- Section 102: Power of police officer to seize certain property
- Section 438: Direction for grant of bail to person apprehending arrest
- Section 252: Conviction on plea of guilty
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