Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section - 198B - Cognizance of offence
[Cognizance of offence.
198B. No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 376B of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) where the persons are in a marital relationship, except upon prima facie satisfaction of the facts which constitute the offence upon a complaint having been filed or made by the wife against the husband.]
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