Limitation period prescribed under Section 514 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is…

Section 514 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 468 CrPC) is the bar to taking cognizance after the prescribed limitation period, rather than a deadline for completing an investigation, inquiry or trial. This heading does not mean the Magistrate must actually take cognizance before limitation ends: its Explanation expressly uses the date of filing the complaint under section 223 or recording the information under section 173 as the relevant date, as Sarah Mathew had held for the old Code.