The observations came while hearing an application seeking condonation for a 38-day delay in filing a criminal revision petition under Section 401 of the CrPC.
The High Court examined whether pending proceedings are to be governed by the old or new criminal code. It eventually held that the proceedings would continue under the CrPC given Section 531(2)a of the BNSS.
“S.531 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, makes it crystal clear that all the appeals, applications, trials, inquiries, or investigations pending on or before 30th June 2024, would continue to be governed under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973,” the Court observed.
Source: Barandbench
