When the proceedings have been instituted upon complaint, and on any day
fixed for the hearing of the case, the complainant is absent, and the offence may be lawfully
compounded or is not a cognizable offence, the Magistrate may after giving thirty days’
time to the complainant to be present, in his discretion, notwithstanding anything
hereinbefore contained, at any time before the charge has been framed, discharge the
accused.
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