Admin Section 14 in The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who is, or who by reason of a mistake of fact and not by reason of a mistake of law in
Section 13 in The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction Whoever, having been convicted by a Court in India, of an offence punishable under Chapter X or Chapter XVII of this Sanhita with imprisonment of either description for a term of three years or upwards, shall be guilty of
Section 12 in The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 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 imprisonment awarded shall exceed three months,
Section 11 in The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 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 portion or portions
Section 10 in The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which. In all cases in which judgment is given that a person is guilty of one of several offences specified in the judgment, but that it is doubtful of which of
Section 9 in The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 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 one of such his offences,
Section 8 in The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 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 be excessive. (2) In every case of an
Section 7 is about Sentence maybe (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple. 7. In every case in which an offender is punishable with imprisonment which may be of either description, it shall be competent to the Court which sentences such offender to direct in the sentence that such imprisonment
Section 6 is about Fractions of terms of punishment. 6. 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 is about Commutation of sentence. 5. 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 the expression “appropriate Government”means,–– (a) in cases where