Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 416, BNSS: No appeal in certain cases when accused pleads guilty
Section 416 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 416 | Section 375 | corresponds |
From the Bureau of Police Research and Development's official comparison summary (source below). The whole table: CrPC to BNSS.
The section
416. No appeal in certain cases when accused pleads guilty.
Notwithstanding anything in section 415, where an accused person has pleaded guilty and has been convicted on such plea, there shall be no appeal,--- (i) if the conviction is by a High Court; or (ii) if the conviction is by a Court of Session or Magistrate of the first or second class, except as to the extent or legality of the sentence.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 416 (read 1 September 2026)
- Bureau of Police Research and Development: comparison summary, BNSS to CrPC (read 1 September 2026)