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Criminal Law
Bare Acts
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section 236-285
Section 236
Section 237
Section 238
Section 239
Section 240
Section 241
Section 242
Section 243
Section 244
Section 245
Section 246
Section 247
Section 248
Section 249
Section 250
Section 251
Section 252
Section 253
Section 254
Section 255
Section 256
Section 257
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Section 259
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Section 261
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Section 263
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Section 266
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Section 268
Section 269
Section 270
Section 271
Section 272
Section 273
Section 274
Section 275
Section 276
Section 277
Section 278
Section 279
Section 280
Section 281
Section 282
Section 283
Section 284
Section 285
Section 253- Conviction on plea of guilty in absence of accused in petty cases

Where a summons has been issued under section 206 and the accused desires to plead guilty to the charge without appearing before the Magistrate, he shall transmit to the Magistrate, by post or by messenger, a letter containing his plea and also the amount of fine specified in the summons.
The Magistrate may, in his discretion, convict the accused in his absence, on his plea of guilty and sentence him to pay the fine specified in the summons, and the amount transmitted by the accused shall be adjusted towards that fine, or where a pleader authorised by the accused in this behalf pleads guilty on behalf of the accused, the Magistrate shall record the plea as nearly as possible in the words used by the pleader and may, in his discretion, convict the accused on such plea and sentence him as aforesaid.
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