BNSS Section 6-Classes of Criminal Courts

Besides the High Courts and the Courts constituted under any law, other than this Sanhita, there shall be, in every State, the following classes of Criminal Courts, namely:—

(i) Courts of Session;
(ii) Judicial Magistrates of the first class;
(iii) Judicial Magistrates of the second class; and
(iv) Executive Magistrates.

[Old Corresponding Section: Section 6 of The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973]