(1) Subject to the provisions hereinbefore contained, no finding, sentence or order passed by a Court of competent jurisdiction shall be reversed or altered by a Court of appeal, confirmation of revision on account of any error, omission or irregularity in the complaint, summons, warrant, proclamation, order, judgment or other proceedings before or during trial or in any inquiry or other proceedings under this Code, or any error, or irregularity in any sanction for the prosecution, unless in the opinion of that Court, a failure of justice has in fact been occasioned thereby.
(2) In determining whether any error,
omission or irregularity in any proceeding under this Code, or any error or
irregularity in any sanction for the prosecution has occasioned a failure of
justice, the Court shall have regard to the fact whether the objection could and
should have been raised at an earlier stage in the proceedings.
Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)
461 CrPC Irregularities which vitiate proceedings
462 CrPC Proceedings in wrong place
463 CrPC Non-compliance with provisions of section 164 or section 281
464 CrPC Effect of omission to frame, or absence of, or error in, charge
465 CrPC Finding or sentence when reversible by reason of error, omission or irregularity
466 CrPC Defect or error not to make attachment unlawful
468 CrPC Bar to taking cognizance after lapse of the period of limitation