Under Section 11 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the maximum time for which a person may be kept…
Under Section 11 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 73 IPC), whenever a person is convicted of an offence for which the court has power to sentence him…
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Under Section 11 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the maximum time for which a person may be kept in solitary confinement is:
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Under Section 11 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 73 IPC), whenever a person is convicted of an offence for which the court has power to sentence him to rigorous imprisonment, the court may order that the offender be kept in solitary confinement for any portion or portions of the imprisonment not exceeding three months in the whole. The section prescribes a graduated scale: up to one month if the term of imprisonment does not exceed six months, up to two months if the term exceeds six months and does not exceed one year, and up to three months if the term exceeds one year.
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