Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 21, BNSS: Courts by which offences are triable
Section 21 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in the Act's own words, with the CrPC provision it replaces.
What it replaces
| BNSS provision | CrPC provision | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| Section 21 | Section 26 | corresponds |
From the Bureau of Police Research and Development's official comparison summary (source below). The whole table: CrPC to BNSS.
The section
21. Courts by which offences are triable.
Subject to the other provisions of this Sanhita,— (a) any offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 may be tried by— (i) the High Court; or (ii) the Court of Session; or (iii) any other Court by which such offence is shown in the First Schedule to be triable: Provided that any offence under section 64, section 65, section 66, section 67, section 68, section 69, section 70 or section 71 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 shall be tried as far as practicable by a Court presided over by a woman; (b) any offence under any other law shall, when any Court is mentioned in this behalf in such law, be tried by such Court and when no Court is so mentioned, may be tried by— (i) the High Court; or (ii) any other Court by which such offence is shown in the First Schedule to be triable.The text is India Code's consolidated text as loaded into Pundora's statute corpus on 1 September 2026. A section quoted in a draft checked by Pundora is checked against this text.
Sources
- India Code: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, section 21 (read 1 September 2026)
- Bureau of Police Research and Development: comparison summary, BNSS to CrPC (read 1 September 2026)