Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

Section 221

Cognizance of offence.— No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under

Statutory Content

section 67 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 where the persons are in a marital relationship, except upon prima facie satisfaction of the facts which constitute the offence upon a complaint having been filed or made by the wife against the husband.