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Section 221. Cognizance of offence

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No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under
section 67 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 where the persons are in a marital relationship, except
upon prima facie satisfaction of the facts which constitute the offence upon a complaint having been filed
or made by the wife against the husband.

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