Landmark case · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Juvenile Justice and Probation · Semester 5

P. Ramachandra Rao v. State of Karnataka

(2002) 4 SCC 578 · Supreme Court of India

Courts cannot prescribe outer time-limits for trial that have the effect of terminating prosecution contrary to the Code.

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Charge and trial: BNSS 234–274 / CrPC 211–265 — Unit III, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Juvenile Justice and Probation.

Related sections:

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 234 — Contents of charge (cf. s. 211 CrPC)
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 251 — Trial of warrant-cases by magistrates (cf. Ch. XIX CrPC)
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 261 — Trial of summons-cases (cf. Ch. XX CrPC)
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 274 — Sessions trial after committal (cf. Ch. XVIII CrPC)