Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 450
Withdrawal of cases by Judicial Magistrates
(1) Any Chief Judicial Magistrate may withdraw any case from, or recall any case which he has made over to, any Magistrate subordinate to him, and may inquire into or try such case himself, or refer it for inquiry or trial to any other such Magistrate competent to inquire into or try the same.
(2) Any Judicial Magistrate may recall any case made over by him under sub-section (2) of section 212 to any other Magistrate and may inquire into or try such cases himself.
Why this exists
Just as Sessions Judges need flexibility over cases they've distributed, Chief Judicial Magistrates and Judicial Magistrates need a similar mechanism at their level to manage workload, correct misallocations, or respond to changing circumstances in cases handled by Magistrates under their supervision. It mirrors section 410 of the earlier CrPC.