CRPC §402 → BNSS §443
Power of High Court to withdraw or transfer revision cases
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402. Power of High Court to withdraw or transfer revision cases.—(1) Whenever one or more persons convicted at the same trial makes or make application to a High Court for revision and any other person convicted at the same trial makes an application to the Sessions Judge for revision, the High Court shall decide, having regard to the general convenience of the parties and the importance of the questions involved, which of the two Courts should finally dispose of the applications for revision and when the High Court decides that all the applications for revision should be disposed of by itself, the High Court shall direct that the applications for revision pending before the Sessions Judge be transferred to itself and where the High Court decides that it is not necessary for it to dispose of the applications for revision, it shall direct that the applications for revision made to it be transferred to the Sessions Judge.
(2) Whenever any application for revision is transferred to the High Court, that Court shall deal with the same as if it were an application duly made before itself.
(3) Whenever any application for revision is transferred to the Sessions Judge, that Judge shall deal with the same as if it were an application duly made before himself.
(4) Where an application for revision is transferred by the High Court to the Sessions Judge, no further application for revision shall lie to the High Court or to any other Court at the instance of the person or persons whose applications for revision have been disposed of by the Sessions Judge.
443.
(1) Whenever one or more persons convicted at the same trial makes or make application to a High Court for revision and any other person convicted at the same trial makes an application to the Sessions Judge for revision, the High Court shall decide, having regard to the general convenience of the parties and the importance of the questions involved, which of the two Courts should finally dispose of the applications for revision and when the High Court decides that all the applications for revision should be disposed of by itself, the High Court shall direct that the applications for revision pending before the Sessions Judge be transferred to itself and where the High Court decides that it is not necessary for it to dispose of the applications for revision, it shall direct that the applications for revision made to it be transferred to the Sessions Judge.
(2) Whenever any application for revision is transferred to the High Court, that Court shall deal with the same as if it were an application duly made before itself.
(3) Whenever any application for revision is transferred to the Sessions Judge, that Judge shall deal with the same as if it were an application duly made before himself.
(4) Where an application for revision is transferred by the High Court to the Sessions Judge, no further application for revision shall lie to the High Court or to any other Court at the instance of the person or persons whose applications for revision have been disposed of by the Sessions Judge.
What changedAI-inferred
Power of High Court to withdraw or transfer revision cases.
Old position
CrPC 402 is concerned with Power of High Court to withdraw or transfer revision cases. Power of High Court to withdraw or transfer revision cases
New position
BNSS 443 preserves the framework with drafting modernisations as required by the new code. Topic: Court to withdraw or transfer revision cases.. Whenever one or more persons convicted at the same trial makes or make application to a High Court for revision and any other person convicted at the same trial makes an application to the Sessions Judge for revision, the High Court shall
BNSS 443 (Court to withdraw or transfer revision cases.) preserves the framework of CrPC 402. BNSS 443 retains the operative provisions in substantively the same form, with drafting modernisation and structural updates as required by the new code. BNSS 443 text: Whenever one or more persons...
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BNSS 443 (Court to withdraw or transfer revision cases.) preserves the framework of CrPC 402. BNSS 443 retains the operative provisions in substantively the same form, with drafting modernisation and structural updates as required by the new code.
BNSS 443 text: Whenever one or more persons convicted at the same trial makes or make application to a High Court for revision and any other person convicted at the same trial makes an application to the Sessions Judge for revision, the High Court shall decide, having regard to the general convenience of the parties and the...
Transitional note (repeal & savings)
For matters initiated before 1 July 2024, CrPC 402 continues to apply. For matters from that date forward, BNSS 443 applies. The transition is governed by the repeal-and-savings clause in the new code (BNS 358 / BNSS 531 / BSA 170 as the case may be); pending proceedings under the old code carry forward unaffected.
Frequently asked
BNSS 443 (Court to withdraw or transfer revision cases.). The relationship is classified as substantively_same — see the change-note above for the textual delta.
Sources
- India Code — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Gazette of India — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
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Newlaws.in, CRPC §402 → BNSS §443 Mapping Page, last updated 2026-05-01, accessed 2026-06-12, https://newlaws.in/crpc/402.
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