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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, when the imprisonment awarded for solitary confinement shall…

Section 12 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 74 IPC) provides that where the imprisonment awarded exceeds three months, solitary confinement shall not…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, when the imprisonment awarded for solitary confinement shall exceed three months, the solitary confinement shall not exceed ______ in any one month of the whole imprisonment awarded.

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Section 12 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 74 IPC) provides that where the imprisonment awarded exceeds three months, solitary confinement shall not exceed "seven days" in any one month of the whole imprisonment, with intervals between the periods. Fourteen days is the limit for any single period of solitary confinement, not the monthly limit.

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