Section 283. Power to try summarily
(1)
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Sanhita—
(a)any Chief Judicial Magistrate;
(b)Magistrate of the first class,
shall try in a summary way all or any of the following offences:—
(i)theft, under sub-section (2) of section 303, section 305 or section 306 of the Bharatiya Nyaya
Sanhita, 2023 where the value of the property stolen does not exceed twenty thousand rupees;
(2)
The Magistrate may, after giving the accused a reasonable opportunity of being heard, for reasons
to be recorded in writing, try in a summary way all or any of the offences not punishable with death or
imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term exceeding three years:
to be recorded in writing, try in a summary way all or any of the offences not punishable with death or
imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term exceeding three years:
Provisono appeal shall lie against the decision of a Magistrate to try a case in a summary way
under this sub-section.
(3)
When, in the course of a summary trial it appears to the Magistrate that the nature of the case is
such that it is undesirable to try it summarily, the Magistrate shall recall any witnesses who may have been
examined and proceed to re-hear the case in the manner provided by this Sanhita.
such that it is undesirable to try it summarily, the Magistrate shall recall any witnesses who may have been
examined and proceed to re-hear the case in the manner provided by this Sanhita.