BNSS · Section 422 · Chapter XXXI — APPEALS

Appeal to Court of Session how heard.

What this section does

Appeals to the Court of Session are ordinarily heard by the Sessions Judge or an Additional Sessions Judge. Appeals against convictions on trials held by a second-class Magistrate may be heard by the Chief Judicial Magistrate. An Additional Sessions Judge or Chief Judicial Magistrate may hear only such appeals as are made over to them by the Sessions Judge or directed by the High Court.

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

Procedure at a glance

Key actors: Sessions Judge · Additional Sessions Judge · Chief Judicial Magistrate · High Court

Old-law correspondence

Derived from CrPC s.383.

Read the official text

For the binding statutory text of BNSS Section 422, refer to the Gazette of India or the India Code official website.

Why this matters

BNSS Section 422 forms part of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita which replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 on 1 July 2024. Any new filing, FIR, charge sheet, or bail application made on or after that date should cite the new section number. References to the old act in legacy documents remain valid for matters that arose before the changeover.