No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 except upon a police report of facts which constitute such offence or upon a complaint made by the person aggrieved by the offence or by her father, mother, brother, sister or by her father’s or mother’s brother or sister or, with the leave of the Court, by any other person related to her by blood, marriage or adoption.
Section 220 BNSS: Prosecution of offences under section 85 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
- Corresponding CrPC
- Section 198A CrPC
Bare Act text
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
Bars courts from taking cognizance of an offence under section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 except on a police report of the facts, or on a complaint by the aggrieved woman, her close relatives named in the section, or, with the court's leave, another person related by blood, marriage or adoption.
Chapter XV: Conditions Requisite For Initiation Of Proceedings
- 210 Cognizance of offences by Magistrate
- 211 Transfer on application of accused
- 212 Making over of cases to Magistrates
- 213 Cognizance of offences by Court of Session
- 214 Additional Sessions Judges to try cases made over to them
- 215 Prosecution for contempt of lawful authority of public servants, for offences against public justice and for offences relating to documents given in evidence
- 216 Procedure for witnesses in case of threatening, etc
- 217 Prosecution for offences against State and for criminal conspiracy to commit such offence
- 218 Prosecution of Judges and public servants
- 219 Prosecution for offences against marriage
- 220 Prosecution of offences under section 85 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
- 221 Cognizance of offence
- 222 Prosecution for defamation