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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

CrPC Section 302 in BNSS

§ 302 CrPC→§ 339 BNSS

Permission to conduct prosecution. Section 302 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Permission to conduct prosecution) corresponds to Section 339 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.

Sections either side of it

How the neighbouring provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 were renumbered:

CrPCProvisionBNSS
294No formal proof of certain documents330
300Person once convicted or acquitted not to be tried for same offence337
301Appearance by Public Prosecutors338
303Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended340
304Legal aid to accused at State expense341
306Tender of pardon to accomplice343

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