Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 16 : Act done pursuant to judgment or order of Court : (See section 78 of IPC 1860) Nothing which is done in pursuance of, or which is warranted by the judgment or order of, a Court; if done whilst…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 15 : Act of Judge when acting judicially : (See section 77 of IPC 1860) Nothing is an offence which is done by a Judge when acting judicially in the exercise of any power which is, or which in good…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Chapter III : General Exceptions : Section 14 : Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law : (See section 76 of IPC 1860) Nothing is an offence which is done by a…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 13 : Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction : (See section 75 of IPC 1860) Whoever, having been convicted by a Court in India, of an offence punishable under Chapter X or Chapter XVII of this Sanhita with…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 12 : Limit of solitary confinement : (See section 74 of IPC 1860) 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…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 11 : Solitary confinement : (See section 73 of IPC 1860) 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,…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 10 : Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which : (See section 72 of IPC 1860) In all cases in which judgment is given that a person is guilty of…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 9 : Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences : (See section 71 of IPC 1860) (1) Where anything which is an offence is made up of parts, any of which parts is itself an offence, the…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 8 : Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc : (See section 63 to 70 of IPC 1860) (1) Where no sum is expressed to which a fine may extend, the amount of fine to which…
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Section 7 : Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple : (See section 60 of IPC 1860) In every case in which an offender is punishable with imprisonment which may be of either description,…