High Court's order to be certified to lower Court
Section 445 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 deals with high Court's order to be certified to lower Court. When a case is revised under this Chapter by the High Court or a Sessions Judge, it or he shall, in the manner provided by section 429, certify its decision or order to the Court by which the finding, sentence or order revised was recorded or passed, and the Court to which the decision or order is s The Act came into force on 01 Jul 2024.
When a case is revised under this Chapter by the High Court or a Sessions Judge, it or he shall, in the manner provided by section 429, certify its decision or order to the Court by which the finding, sentence or order revised was recorded or passed, and the Court to which the decision or order is so certified shall thereupon make such orders as are conformable to the decision so certified, and, if necessary, the record shall be amended in accordance therewith.
Section 445, The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act 46 of 2023).
Replaces a provision of the Code of Criminal Procedure
CRPC 405 High Courts' order to be certified to lower Court Text carried over almost unchanged 88%
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Related judgements & precedents
These are some judgments that construed this section, and hold precedence value. They hold authority on how to read, interpret and use this section.
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Sri Gummala Satish vs Gummala Chandra Shekar
Decided under Code of Criminal Procedure 405, which this section replaces. The court did not have this Act before it.
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
When a complaint has already been referred to police for investigation under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. and the police have filed a charge sheet which has been taken on file, a subsequent application seeking to refer the matter again to police for investigation is defective and cannot be entertained. However, a complainant dissatisfied with the police final report retains the remedy of filing a private complaint before the Magistrate.
On this section: High Court's revisional jurisdiction in criminal matters
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Sri. Muniyappa vs The State of Karnataka by K.r.puram
Decided under Code of Criminal Procedure 405, which this section replaces. The court did not have this Act before it.
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
The High Court has the discretionary power under the Criminal Procedure Code to permit conversion of a Criminal Revision Petition into a Criminal Petition when such conversion would provide the petitioner with a more appropriate procedural mechanism to challenge an order and seek justice.
On this section: Basis for filing Criminal Revision Petition to challenge orders of subordinate courts
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Questions about Section 445
What have the courts held on Section 445 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita?
Sri Gummala Satish vs Gummala Chandra Shekar (24 Jan 2012) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below, though it was decided under CRPC 405, which this section replaced -- the court never mentioned this Act: High Court's revisional jurisdiction in criminal matters. Another 1 judgment on this section is set out below. They run from 2012 to 2019.
How do I find court cases under Section 445 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: BNSS 445, section 445 BNSS, section 445 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome. 2 reported judgments on this section are set out on this page, beginning with Sri Gummala Satish vs Gummala Chandra Shekar (24 Jan 2012).
What should I read with Section 445 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on section 429 (Order of High Court on appeal to be certified to lower Court), so none of them can safely be read on its own. It carries forward CrPC 405 (High Courts' order to be certified to lower Court), so the judgments decided under that provision are the case law on this one.
When did Section 445 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita come into force?
Section 445 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, cited as BNSS 445, came into force on 01 Jul 2024, having been enacted on 25 Dec 2023. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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