Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 , Section 468

Please read very closely, if your very dear Bahu Wife has not filed 498a case against you in the last 3 years of you living seperately she is sadly out of time read the Sec 468 that the Honorable JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA, refers to in the below judgment. Please comment. 468. Bar to taking cognizance after lapse of the period of limitation. (1) Except as otherwise provided elsewhere in this Code, no court, shall take cognizance of an offence of the category specified in sub-section (2), after the expiry of the period of limitation. (2) The period of limitation shall be- (a) Six months, if the offence is punishable with fine only; (b) One year, if the offence is punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year; (c) Three years, if the offence is punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding one year but not exceeding three years. 1[(3) For the purposes of this section, the period of limitation, in relation to offences which may be tried together, shall be determined with reference to the offence which is punishable with the more severe punishment or, as the case may be, the most severe punishment.] 1. Ins. by Act 45 of 1978, Sec. 33 (w.e.f. 18-12-1978).

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