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Which criminal jurisdiction may the High Court initiate on its own motion by calling for a record or…

Section 442(1) permits the High Court to act where it calls for the record or the proceeding otherwise comes to its knowledge, which is "Revisional jurisdiction, subject to…

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Which criminal jurisdiction may the High Court initiate on its own motion by calling for a record or acting on a proceeding otherwise coming to its knowledge under BNSS section 442(1)?

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Section 442(1) permits the High Court to act where it calls for the record or the proceeding otherwise comes to its knowledge, which is "Revisional jurisdiction, subject to its statutory limits." This does not erase the statutory conditions for an appeal, so "An ordinary statutory appeal without any appeal being brought." is wrong, nor the restrictions on revision, including the hearing safeguard and acquittal-to-conviction bar.

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