Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
CrPC Section 226 in BNSS
§ 226 CrPC→§ 249 BNSS
Opening case for prosecution. Section 226 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Opening case for prosecution) corresponds to Section 249 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.
Practise it
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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