Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter XXXVI: Disposal Of Property

Section 500 BNSS: Appeal against orders under section 498 or section 499

Corresponding CrPC: Section 454 CrPC

Bare Act text

(1) Any person aggrieved by an order made by a Court or Magistrate under section 498 or section 499, may appeal against it to the Court to which appeals ordinarily lie from convictions by the former Court.

(2) On such appeal, the Appellate Court may direct the order to be stayed pending disposal of the appeal, or may modify, alter or annul the order and make any further orders that may be just.

(3) The powers referred to in sub-section (2) may also be exercised by a Court of appeal, confirmation or revision while dealing with the case in which the order referred to in sub-section (1) was made.

Text as enacted in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023), in force from 1 July 2024. Source: India Code, Government of India.

In simple words

Any person aggrieved by an order under section 498 or 499 may appeal to the Court to which appeals ordinarily lie from convictions by the Court making the order. The Appellate Court may stay the order pending disposal of the appeal or modify, alter or annul it.