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Section 209: Commitment of case to Court of Session when offence is triable exclusively by it

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973Central Act · 1973

Repealed. This text is published for reference. It is not in force, and it should not be relied on as current law without checking what replaced it. Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, with effect from 1 July 2024

When in a case instituted on a police report or otherwise, the accused appears or is brought before the Magistrate and it appears to the Magistrate that the offence is triable exclusively by the Court of Session, he shall--

1[(a) commit, after complying with the provisions of section 207 or section 208, as the case may be, the case to the Court of Session, and subject to the provisions of this Code relating to bail, remand the accused to custody until such commitment has been made;]

(b) subject to the provisions of this Code relating to bail, remand the accused to custody during, and until the conclusion of, the trial;

(c) send to that Court the record of the case and the documents and articles, if any, which are to be produced in evidence;

(d) notify the Public Prosecutor of the commitment of the case to the Court of Session.

STATE AMENDMENT

Gujarat

In section 209 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, in its application to the State of Gujarat, for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:--

(a) Commit the case, after complying with the provisions of section 207 or section 208, as the case may be, to the Court of Session and, subject to the provisions of this Code relating to bail, remand the accused to custody until such commitment has been made.

[Vide Gujarat Act 30 of 1976, s. 2.]

Uttar Pradesh

In section 209 of the said Code, for clauses (a) and (b), the following clauses shall be substituted and be deemed always to have been substituted, namely :—

“(a) as soon as may be after complying with the provisions of section 207, commit the case to the court of session ;

(b) subject to the provisions of this Code relating to bail, remand the accused to custody until commitment of the case under clause (a) and thereafter during, and until the conclusion of the trial.”

[Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 16 of 1976, s. 6]

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ActThe Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section209
Marginal noteCommitment of case to Court of Session when offence is triable exclusively by it
JurisdictionCentral
StatusRepealed
Judgments citing it17

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