Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter XXII: Summary Trials
Section 284: Summary trial by Magistrate of second class
In plain words
The High Court can empower a second class Magistrate to try summarily offences punishable only with fine, or with imprisonment up to six months with or without fine, and abetments or attempts of such offences.
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Official text
The High Court may confer on any Magistrate invested with the powers of a Magistrate of the second class power to try summarily any offence which is punishable only with fine or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months with or without fine, and any abetment of or attempt to commit any such offence.
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Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 12 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 284
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