BNSS Section 221-Cognizance of offence

No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 67 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 where the persons are in a marital relationship, except upon prima facie satisfaction of the facts which constitute the offence upon a complaint having been filed or made by the wife against the husband.

[Old Corresponding Section: Section 198B of The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973]