Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter XXVIII: Provisions As to Offences Affecting the Administration of Justice
Section 381: Power to order costs
In plain words
A court dealing with an application for a complaint under section 379, or an appeal under section 380, can make a just order on costs.
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Official text
Any Court dealing with an application made to it for filing a complaint under section 379 or an appeal under section 380, shall have power to make such order as to costs as may be just.
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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 381
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