Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
XIV · Section 198B

Cognizance of offence

Synced on 04 Jul 2026Text as per India Code

No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 376B of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) 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.]

Judgments on Section 198B