Criminal Law

Section 11, Solitary confinement, The Bharitya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS)

Section 11. Solitary confinement. —Whenever any person is convicted of an offence for which under this Sanhita the Court has…

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Section 10, Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which, The Bharitya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS)

Section 10. Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which. —In…

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Section 9. Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences, The Bharitya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS)

Section 9. Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences, The Bharitya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) —(1) Where…

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Section 8, Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc., The Bharitya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS)

Section 8. Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc. —(1) Where no sum is expressed to…

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Section 7, Sentence may be wholly or partly rigorous or simple, The Bharitya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS)

Section 7. Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple. —In every case in…

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Section 6, Fractions of terms of punishment, The Bharitya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS)

Section 6. Fractions of terms of punishment. —In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, imprisonment for life shall be reckoned…

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Section 5, Commutation of Sentence, The Bharitya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS)

Section 5. Commutation of sentence. —The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the offender, commute any punishment under this…

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Section 4, Punishments, The Bharitya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS)

Section 4. Punishments. —The punishments to which offenders are liable under the provisions of this Sanhita are—   (a) Death;…

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Section 3, General Explanations, The Bharitya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS)

Section 3. General explanations. —(1) Throughout this Sanhita every definition of an offence, every penal provision, and every Illustration of…

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Section 2, Definitions, The Bharitya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS)

Section 2. Definitions. –– In this Sanhita, unless the context otherwise requires,–– (1) “act” denotes as well a series of…

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