The High Court may confer on any Magistrate invested with the powers of a Magistrate of the second class power to try summarily any offence which is punishable only with fine or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months with or without fine, and any abetment of or attempt to commit any such offence.
Section 284 BNSS: Summary trial by Magistrate of second class
- Corresponding CrPC
- Section 261 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
The High Court may empower a second class Magistrate to try summarily any offence punishable only with fine or with imprisonment up to six months, with or without fine, and any abetment or attempt of such an offence.