Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter XXXIII: Transfer of Criminal Cases
Section 450: Withdrawal of cases by Judicial Magistrates
In plain words
A Chief Judicial Magistrate can withdraw or recall any case from a subordinate Magistrate and try it personally or send it to another competent Magistrate. Any Judicial Magistrate can recall a case they made over under section 212 and try it.
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Official text
(1) Any Chief Judicial Magistrate may withdraw any case from, or recall any case which he has made over to, any Magistrate subordinate to him, and may inquire into or try such case himself, or refer it for inquiry or trial to any other such Magistrate competent to inquire into or try the same.
(2) Any Judicial Magistrate may recall any case made over by him under sub-section (2) of section 212 to any other Magistrate and may inquire into or try such cases himself.
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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 450
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