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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in the case of sentence of death, power to suspend, remit or…

Section 5 of the BNS lets the "appropriate Government" commute a sentence, and its Explanation makes the Central Government appropriate where the sentence is of death, and…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in the case of sentence of death, power to suspend, remit or commute is conferred upon:

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Section 5 of the BNS lets the "appropriate Government" commute a sentence, and its Explanation makes the Central Government appropriate where the sentence is of death, and the State Government where the offence relates to a State matter, "whether of death or not". So in a death sentence both Governments hold the power, as the BNSS also provides for suspension and remission; the President's power under Article 72 comes from the Constitution, not from the BNS.

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