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Chapter XV · Conditions Requisite for Initiation of Proceedings

221Cognizance of offence

Section 221 · Chapter XV

No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 67 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 where the persons are in a marital relationship, except upon prima facie satisfaction of the facts which constitute the offence upon a complaint having been filed or made by the wife against the husband.

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