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Under sections 11 and 12 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, when a court has power to sentence a…

Section 11 fixes aggregate limits of one month for a prison term up to six months, two months for more than six months and up to one year, and three months for more than one…

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Under sections 11 and 12 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, when a court has power to sentence a convicted person to rigorous imprisonment, which statement about statutory limits on solitary confinement is incorrect?

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Section 11 fixes aggregate limits of one month for a prison term up to six months, two months for more than six months and up to one year, and three months for more than one year.

Section 12 imposes a fourteen-day ceiling at a time, requires intervals at least as long as the confinement periods and limits confinement to seven days in any one month where the prison term exceeds three months.

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Option A

Section 11 imposes an overall ceiling of three months.

Option B

Section 11(b) limits solitary confinement in this range to two months in all. The statement giving three months is incorrect.

Option C

Section 11(c) permits an aggregate of up to three months for a prison term exceeding one year.

Option D

Section 12 sets an absolute fourteen-day limit per period and imposes a stricter monthly limit where the prison term exceeds three months.

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