Under Section 283(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, which offences cannot be tried…

Under Section 283(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (which expanded the general summary-trial threshold from two years under Section 260(1)(i) of the former CrPC to three years), a Magistrate may, after giving the accused a reasonable opportunity of being heard and recording reasons in writing, try summarily any offence not punishable with death, imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for a term exceeding three years. Consequently, offences punishable with imprisonment exceeding three years cannot be tried summarily under that provision.