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CrPC Section 408. Power of Sessions Judge to transfer cases and appeals


 
Category of Bare Act Name of the Act Year of Promulgation
Criminal Laws Code of Criminal Procedure 1973
Act Number Enactment Date Chapter Number
02 01-04-1974 31
Chapter Title Ministry Department
Transfer Of Criminal Cases Ministry of Home Affairs Department of Internal Security

(1) Whenever it is made to appear to a Sessions Judge that an order under this sub-section is expedient for the ends of justice, he may order that any particular case be transferred from one Criminal Court to another Criminal Court in his session’s division.

(2) The Sessions Judge may act either on the report of the lower court, or on the application of a party interested or on his own initiative.

(3) The provisions of sub-sections (3), 4), (5), (6), (7) and (9) of section 407 shall apply in relation to an application to the Sessions Judge for an order under sub-section (1) as they apply in relation to an application to the High Court for an order under subsection (1) of section 407, except that sub-section (7) of that section shall so apply as if for the words “one thousand” rupees occurring therein, the words “two hundred and fifty rupees” were substituted.

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