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In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, Section 6 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023…

Section 6 of the BNS (formerly section 57 IPC) uses twenty years, unless otherwise provided, only when calculating fractions of terms of punishment. It does not convert…

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In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, Section 6 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 prescribes that, unless otherwise provided, imprisonment for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to imprisonment for

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Section 6 of the BNS (formerly section 57 IPC) uses twenty years, unless otherwise provided, only when calculating fractions of terms of punishment. It does not convert every life sentence into a fixed twenty-year sentence or entitle a prisoner to release after that period. Life imprisonment ordinarily extends for the person’s natural life unless lawfully remitted or commuted.

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