S. 224 BNSS | Magistrate Without Cognisance Power Must Return Complaint to Jurisdictional Court: Orissa High Court धारा 224

The Orissa High Court, while adjudicating a cheque bounce matter, has reiterated that a Magistrate lacking territorial jurisdiction cannot take cognizance of a complaint and must return the written complaint with an endorsement for presentation before the jurisdictionally competent Court. Citing Section 224 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), which is pari materia to Section 201 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Bench emphasized the procedural responsibility of…