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Section 7 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
7. Sentence may be (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 Court which sentences such offender to direct in the sentence that such imprisonment shall be wholly rigorous, or that such imprisonment shall be wholly simple, or that any part of such imprisonment shall be rigorous and the rest simple.
Related Sections
- Section 213: Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it
- Section 250: Taking gift, etc., to screen an offender from punishment
- Section 238: Causing Disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender
- Section 318: Cheating
- Section 323: Dishonest or Fraudulent removal or concealment of property
Related Acts
- Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020
- Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017
- Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017
- Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018
- Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015
* Only for reference.