Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter XXVI: Provisions As to Offences Affecting the Administration of Justice
Section 341: Appeal
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to offences and proceedings from before that date.
(1) Any person on whose application any Court other than a High Court has refused to make a complaint under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 340, or against whom such a complaint has been made by such Court, may appeal to the Court to which such former Court is subordinate within the meaning of sub-section
(4) of section 195, and the superior Court may thereupon, after notice to the parties concerned, direct the withdrawal of the complaint, or, as the case may be, making of the complaint which such former Court might have made under section 340, and, if it makes such complaint, the provisions of that section shall apply accordingly.
(2) An order under this section, and subject to any such order, an order under section 340, shall be final, and shall not be subject to revision.
Corresponding sections were matched by comparing the wording of both official texts, and for the IPC and BNS, also against a published correspondence table. Wording, punishments and structure often changed, so read both sections before relying on the match.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. 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 341
- M/S Bandekar Brothers Pvt. Ltd. & Anr v. Prasad Vassudev Keni, Etc. Etc
- Re : Vijay Kurle & Ors. v. Re:
- State of Goa v. Jose Maria Albert Vales @ Robert Vales
- The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India v. Vimal Kumar Surana and Another
- K. Sudhakaran v. State of Kerala
- Rugmini Ammal (Dead) by Lrs. v. V. Narayana Reddiar and Ors.
- Iqbal Singh Marwah v. Meenakshi Etc.
- M.Narayandas v. State of Karnataka and Ors.
- N. Natarajan v. B.K. Subba Rao
- Pritish v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.