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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

CrPC Section 216 in BNSS

§ 216 CrPC§ 239 BNSS

Court may alter charge. Section 216 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Court may alter charge) corresponds to Section 239 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

Verify before you rely on this. Renumbering under the 2023 codes is not a clean one-to-one exercise — provisions were merged, split and reworded. Always check the printed bare act.

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Section 45 has AIBE 22 questions on this area, each cited to both codes with a line telling you where to find it in the bare act. Ten questions per subject are free.

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