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A court sentences an accused to a term of imprisonment on conviction. The sentence is not imprisonment…

Section 468 sets qualifying detention during investigation, inquiry or trial of the same case before conviction against the term imposed. It excludes imprisonment in default…

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A court sentences an accused to a term of imprisonment on conviction. The sentence is not imprisonment in default of payment of a fine. Under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, during which stages of the same case can detention before conviction qualify for set-off?

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Section 468 sets qualifying detention during investigation, inquiry or trial of the same case before conviction against the term imposed. It excludes imprisonment in default of payment of a fine. For the cases referred to in section 475, its proviso directs set-off against the fourteen-year period.

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Option A

Appeal is outside the listed pre-conviction stages, and the rule also covers trial.

Option B

Revision is outside the listed pre-conviction stages, and the rule also covers investigation.

Option C

Appeal is outside the listed pre-conviction stages, and the rule also covers inquiry.

Option D

Section 468 covers qualifying pre-conviction detention during all three specified stages of the same case.

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