(1) A Magistrate to whom a complaint is made
under section 379 or section 380 shall, notwithstanding anything contained in Chapter XVI, proceed, as far
as may be, to deal with the case as if it were instituted on a police report.
(2) Where it is brought to the notice of such Magistrate, or of any other Magistrate to whom the case
may have been transferred, that an appeal is pending against the decision arrived at in the judicial
proceeding out of which the matter has arisen, he may, if he thinks fit, at any stage, adjourn the hearing of
the case until such appeal is decided.
Chapter XXII — PROVISIONS AS TO OFFENCES AFFECTING THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE