Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003) – Section 4

This section covers punishments in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). 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 hard labour; (2) Simple; (d) Forfeiture of property; (e) Fine; … Read more

Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003) – Section 5

This section covers commutation of sentence in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). 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 Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Explanation: For the purposes of this section … Read more

Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003) – Section 6

This section covers fractions and terms of punishment in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). 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. What was the old IPC code for Section 6 of BNS 2023? … Read more

Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003) – Section 7

This section covers sentence may be wholly or partly rigorous or simple in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Sentence maybe (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 shall be competent to the … Read more

Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003) – Section 8

This section covers amount of fine, liability in default etc in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc. (1) Where no sum is expressed to which a fine may extend, the amount of fine to which the offender is liable is unlimited, but shall not … Read more

Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003) – Section 9

This section covers limit of punishment in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences. (1) Where anything which is an offence is made up of parts, any of which parts is itself an offence, the offender shall not be punished with the punishment of more than … Read more

Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003) – Section 10

This section covers punishment of person guilty of several offences in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which. 10. In all cases in which judgment is given that a person is guilty of one of several offences specified in … Read more

Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003) – Section 11

This section covers solitary confinement in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Solitary Confinement. Whenever any person is convicted of an offence for which under this Sanhita the Court has power to sentence him to rigorous imprisonment, the Court may, by its sentence, order that the offender shall be kept in solitary confinement for any … Read more

Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003) – Section 12

This section covers limit of solitary confinement in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003). Limit of Solitary Confinement In executing a sentence of solitary confinement, such confinement shall in no case exceed fourteen days at a time, with intervals between the periods of solitary confinement of not less duration than such periods; and when the … Read more