Criminal Law

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 as equivalent to imprisonment for twenty years unless otherwise provided.

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Section 6 provides in calculating terms of imprisonment for life. It should be equivalent to twenty years unless otherwise provided.

Corresponding Section

Section 6 of BNS, 2023 corresponds with Section 57 of IPC, 1860

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