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X is convicted under section 123 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 for administering poison with…

BNS section 123 permits imprisonment of either description for up to ten years and fine. For the stated seven-year term, section 7 permits the court to specify wholly…

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X is convicted under section 123 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 for administering poison with intent to cause hurt, and receives a seven-year prison sentence. Which statement most completely describes the court’s power to specify the nature of that imprisonment?

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BNS section 123 permits imprisonment of either description for up to ten years and fine. For the stated seven-year term, section 7 permits the court to specify wholly rigorous, wholly simple, or a stated rigorous part with the rest simple.

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Option A

Section 123 permits imprisonment of either description.

Option B

Section 123 permits rigorous as well as simple imprisonment.

Option C

Section 7 expressly authorises a mixed sentence.

Option D

Section 7 authorises each of these forms where the offence permits either description.

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