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Under section 158 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, what are the statutory alternatives for…

Section 158 provides for imprisonment for life or imprisonment of either description for a term up to ten years. The offender is also liable to a fine.

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Under section 158 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, what are the statutory alternatives for imprisonment for knowingly helping a State prisoner escape lawful custody or harbouring such a prisoner after escape?

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Section 158 provides for imprisonment for life or imprisonment of either description for a term up to ten years.

The offender is also liable to a fine.

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Option A

The term alternative has a ten-year maximum.

Option B

The provision supplies no fourteen-year term alternative.

Option C

The section permits life imprisonment or imprisonment of either description up to ten years.

Option D

The fixed-term limb is available, but section 158 does not prescribe death.

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