Procedure in certain cases of contempt.

What this section does

When offences described in sections 210, 213, 214, 215, or 267 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 are committed in the view or presence of any Civil, Criminal, or Revenue Court, the Court may detain the offender and, before the rising of the Court on the same day, take cognizance and sentence the offender to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees, and in default of payment, to simple imprisonment up to one month. The Court must record the facts constituting the offence, the offender's statement, and the finding and sentence; if the offence is under section 267 BNS, the record must also show the nature and stage of the judicial proceeding and the nature of the interruption or insult.

AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).

Procedure at a glance

Key actors

Civil Court · Criminal Court · Revenue Court · Offender

Time limit

Before the rising of the Court on the same day

Derived from CrPC s.345.