Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter XXXIII: Transfer Of Criminal Cases

Section 450 BNSS: Withdrawal of cases by Judicial Magistrates

Corresponding CrPC: Section 410 CrPC

Bare Act text

(1) Any Chief Judicial Magistrate may withdraw any case from, or recall any case which he has made over to, any Magistrate subordinate to him, and may inquire into or try such case himself, or refer it for inquiry or trial to any other such Magistrate competent to inquire into or try the same.

(2) Any Judicial Magistrate may recall any case made over by him under sub-section (2) of section 212 to any other Magistrate and may inquire into or try such cases himself.

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

A Chief Judicial Magistrate may withdraw a case from, or recall a case he has made over to, a subordinate Magistrate and may try it himself or refer it to another competent Magistrate. A Judicial Magistrate may also recall a case made over by him to another Magistrate and try it himself as the section provides.