Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XLIII · Irregularities in Proceedings
422. Irregularities not to vitiate proceedings
Feedback & supportSubject to the provisions contained in this Chapter no finding, sentence or order passed or made by a Court of competent jurisdiction shall be reversed or altered on account of—
Court
“Court” means the High Court, a Sessions Court, or a Magistrate’s Court of any class, as the context may require;
any error, omission or irregularity in the complaint, sanction, consent, summons, warrant, charge, judgment or other proceedings before or during trial, or in any inquiry or other proceedings under this Code;
complaint
“complaint” means that allegation made orally or in writing to a Magistrate with a view to his taking action under this Code that some person whether known or unknown has committed or is guilty of an offence;
the want of any sanction; or
the improper admission or rejection of any evidence, unless such error, omission, irregularity, want, or improper admission or rejection of evidence has occasioned a failure of justice.