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Section 258

Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings

of Criminal Procedure Code

ActIn forceProvision 200 of 459
Section 258

If the accused, though not insane, cannot be made to understand the proceedings the Court may proceed with the trial and, in the case of the Court of a Magistrate if the trial results in a conviction, the proceedings shall be forwarded to the High Court with a report of the circumstances of the case, and the Court of a Judge shall make therein such order or pass such sentence as it thinks fit.