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Section 348. Discharge of offender on submission of apology.

THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973

Act no. 2 of 19741974Repealed 1 July 2024All India (Central Act)

This Act was repealed on 1 July 2024 by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023), s.531(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

348. Discharge of offender on submission of apology.—When any Court has under section 345 adjudged an offender to punishment, or has under section 346 forwarded him to a Magistrate for trial, for refusing or omitting to do anything which he was lawfully required to do or for any intentional insult or interruption, the Court may, in its discretion, discharge the offender or remit the punishment on his submission to the order or requisition of such Court, or on apology being made to its satisfaction.