CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
409. Withdrawal of cases and appeals by Session Judge
449. Withdrawal of cases and appeals by Sessions Judges
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
409. Withdrawal of cases and appeals by Session Judge.—(1) A Sessions Judge may withdraw any case or
appeal from, or recall any case or appeal which he has made over to, any Assistant Sessions Judge or Chief Judicial
Magistrate subordinate to him.
(2) At any time before the trial of the case or the hearing of the appeal has commenced before the Additional
Sessions Judge, a Sessions Judge may recall any case or appeal which he has made over to any Additional Sessions
Judge.
(3) Where a Sessions Judge withdraws or recalls case or appeal under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), he may
either try the case in his own Court or hear the appeal himself, or make it over in accordance with the provisions of
this Code to another Court for trial or hearing, as the case may be.
STATE AMENDMENT
Kerala
Substitution of new section for section 409. —For section 409 of the principal Act, the following section shall
be substituted, namely:—
409. Appeals to Court of Section how heard.—An appeal to the Court of Session or Sessions Judge shall
be heard by the Sessions Judge or by an Additional Sessions Judge:
Provided that an Additional Sessions Judge shall hear only such appeals as the State Government may, by
general or special order, direct or as the Sessions Judge of the division may make over to him.
[Vide Kerala Act 5 of 1957, s. 4.]
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
449. Withdrawal of cases and appeals by Sessions Judges.—(1) A Sessions Judge may withdraw
any case or appeal from, or recall any case or appeal which he has made over to a Chief Judicial Magistrate
subordinate to him.
(2) At any time before the trial of the case or the hearing of the appeal has commenced before the
Additional Sessions Judge, a Sessions Judge may recall any case or appeal which he has made over to any
Additional Sessions Judge.
(3) Where a Sessions Judge withdraws or recalls case or appeal under sub-section (1) or
sub-section (2), he may either try the case in his own Court or hear the appeal himself, or make it over in
accordance with the provisions of this Sanhita to another Court for trial or hearing, as the case may be.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023