Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
Chapter 20
Trial of Warrant-Cases by Magistrates
Section 272 • Absence of complainant.
Description
When the proceedings have been instituted upon complaint, and on any day fixed for the hearing of the case, the complainant is absent, and the offence may be lawfully compounded or is not a cognizable offence, the Magistrate may after giving thirty days' time to the complainant to be present, in his discretion, notwithstanding anything hereinbef
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