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.
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 221: Cognizance of offence
Chapter XV — Conditions Requisite for Initiation of Proceedings
Source: official text of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Ministry of Home Affairs).