Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
(BNSS)
Chapter 15: CONDITIONS REQUISITE FOR INITIATION OF PROCEEDINGS
Section: 221
221. No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 67 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 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.