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Under section 11 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, what is the maximum total period of solitary…

Section 11(a) caps the aggregate at one month. Section 12 caps continuous spells at fourteen days, with intervals at least as long as the preceding spells. When imprisonment…

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Under section 11 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, what is the maximum total period of solitary confinement a court may order if the rigorous imprisonment term does not exceed six months?

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Section 11(a) caps the aggregate at one month. Section 12 caps continuous spells at fourteen days, with intervals at least as long as the preceding spells. When imprisonment exceeds three months, section 12 also limits solitary confinement to seven days in any one month, with the specified intervals.

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Option A

Fifteen days is not the aggregate ceiling for that sentence bracket. Section 12 separately limits how long a continuous spell may last.

Option B

For a term not exceeding six months, section 11(a) caps the total at one month.

Option C

Three months is the section 11(c) ceiling for an imprisonment term exceeding one year.

Option D

Six months is the upper limit of this imprisonment bracket, rather than its permitted solitary confinement.

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