This section covers punishment for murder by life-convict in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Punishment for murder by life-convict. Whoever, being under sentence of imprisonment for life, commits murder, shall be punished with death or with imprisonment for life, which shall mean the remainder of that person’s natural life.
What was the old IPC code for Section 104 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, punishment for murder by life-convict was covered in S. 303*.