सारांश खटला म्हणजे पुरावे पाहिल्याच जात नाहीत, असा अर्थ नाही.

पुरावे तरीही नोंदवले जातात आणि निकाल तरीही दिला जातो; फक्त प्रक्रिया अधिक लहान व सोपी असते, आणि कमाल शिक्षा कमी असते.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

कलम 283

Power to try summarily

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Sanhita—§

(a) any Chief Judicial Magistrate;§

(b) Magistrate of the first class, shall try in a summary way all or any of the following offences:—§

(i) theft, under sub-section (2) of section 303, section 305 or section 306 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 where the value of the property stolen does not exceed twenty thousand rupees;§

(ii) receiving or retaining stolen property, under sub-section (2) of section 317 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, where the value of the property does not exceed twenty thousand rupees;§

(iii) assisting in the concealment or disposal of stolen property under sub-section (5) of section 317 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, where the value of such property does not exceed twenty thousand rupees;§

(iv) offences under sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 331 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023;§

(v) insult with intent to provoke a breach of the peace, under section 352, and criminal intimidation, under sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 351 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023;§

(vi) abetment of any of the foregoing offences;§

(vii) an attempt to commit any of the foregoing offences, when such attempt is an offence;§

(viii) any offence constituted by an act in respect of which a complaint may be made under section 20 of the Cattle-trespass Act, 1871 (1 of 1871).§

(2) The Magistrate may, after giving the accused a reasonable opportunity of being heard, for reasons to be recorded in writing, try in a summary way all or any of the offences not punishable with death or imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term exceeding three years: Provided that no appeal shall lie against the decision of a Magistrate to try a case in a summary way under this sub-section.§

(3) When, in the course of a summary trial it appears to the Magistrate that the nature of the case is such that it is undesirable to try it summarily, the Magistrate shall recall any witnesses who may have been examined and proceed to re-hear the case in the manner provided by this Sanhita.§

पडताळणी प्रलंबित

हे का आहे

सारांश खटल्यांचा उद्देश भारतातील किरकोळ, वारंवार होणाऱ्या प्रकरणांचा प्रचंड ताण — लहान चोरी, किरकोळ धमक्या, कमी किमतीच्या चोरल्या मालाचा व्यवहार — जलद उरकणे हा आहे, संपूर्ण खटल्याच्या विलंबाविना. ही तरतूद जुन्या फौजदारी प्रक्रिया संहितेतील (Criminal Procedure Code) सारांश खटल्यांच्या अध्यायातूनच आली असून, BNSS मध्ये अद्ययावत करताना नवीन भारतीय न्याय संहितेतील (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita) गुन्ह्यांच्या कलमांच्या संदर्भांचा समावेश केला आहे आणि चोरीसम्बंधित प्रकरणांसाठी किमतीची मर्यादा वर्तमान मूल्यानुसार वीस हजार रुपयांपर्यंत वाढवली आहे.

सामान्य गृहितके

धरण: सारांश खटला म्हणजे पुरावे पाहिल्याच जात नाहीत, असा अर्थ नाही.
घटना: पुरावे तरीही नोंदवले जातात आणि निकाल तरीही दिला जातो; फक्त प्रक्रिया अधिक लहान व सोपी असते, आणि कमाल शिक्षा कमी असते.