BNSS · CHAPTER XV — Conditions Requisite For Initiation Of Proceedings

Section 220. Prosecution of offences under section 85 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 except upon a police report of facts which constitute such offence or upon a complaint made by the person aggrieved by the offence or by her father, mother, brother, sister or by her father’s or mother’s brother or sister or, with the leave of the Court, by any other person related to her by blood, marriage or adoption.

Source: India Code