Chapter XV — Conditions Requisite for Initiation of Proceedings

Section 221 — Cognizance of offence

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Free to read

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.