Section 508 Earlier CrPC 462
Proceedings in wrong place
Chapter 37: Irregular proceedings
No finding, sentence or order of any Criminal Court shall be set aside merely on the ground that the inquiry, trial or other proceedings in the course of which it was arrived at or passed, took place in a wrong sessions division, district, sub-division or other local area, unless it appears that such error has in fact occasioned a failure of justice.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 506Irregularities which do not vitiate proceedingsCrPC 460
- 507Irregularities which vitiate proceedingsCrPC 461
- 509Non-compliance with provisions of section 183 or section 316CrPC 463
- 510Effect of omission to frame, or absence of, or error in, chargeCrPC 464
- 511Finding or sentence when reversible by reason of error, omission or irregularityCrPC 465
- 512Defect or error not to make attachment unlawfulCrPC 466