Section 7 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Sentence May Be (In Certain Cases of Imprisonment) Wholly or Partly Rigorous or Simple In every case in which an offender is punishable with imprisonment which may be of either description, it…
Section 6 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Fractions of Terms of Punishment In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, imprisonment for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to imprisonment for twenty years unless otherwise provided.
Section 5 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Commutation of Sentence The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the offender, commute any punishment under this Sanhita to any other punishment in accordance with section 474 of the Bharatiya Nagarik…
Section 4 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Punishments The punishments to which offenders are liable under the provisions of this Sanhita are— (a) Death;(b) Imprisonment for life;(c) Imprisonment, which is of two descriptions, namely:— (1) Rigorous, that is, with…
Section 3 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – General Explanations (1) Throughout this Sanhita every definition of an offence, every penal provision, and every Illustration of every such definition or penal provision, shall be understood subject to the exceptions contained…
Section 2 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Definitions (1) “act” denotes as well a series of acts as a single act;(2) “animal” means any living creature, other than a human being;(3) “child” means any person below the age of…
Section 1 BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Short title, commencement and application (1) This Act may be called the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. (2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification…
Section 73 of The Indian Penal Code – Solitary confinement Whenever any person is convicted of an offence for which under this Code the Court has power to sentence him to rigorous imprisonment, the Court may, by its sentence, order…
Section 72 of The Indian Penal Code – Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, the judgment stating that it is doubtful of which In all cases in which judgment is given that a person is guilty of…
Section 71 of The Indian Penal Code – Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences Where anything which is an offence is made up of parts, any of which parts is itself an offence, the offender shall…