Section 14 BNS: Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law

Section 14 BNS: Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law

Section 14 BNS | BNS 14 | BNS Section 14 Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who is, or who by reason of a mistake of fact and not by reason of a mistake of law in good faith believes himself to be, bound by law to do it. Illustrations (a) … Read more

Section 13 BNS: Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction

Section 13 BNS: Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction

Section 13 BNS | BNS 13 Whoever, having been convicted by a Court in India, of an offence punishable under Chapter X or Chapter XVII of this Sanhita with imprisonment of either description for a term of three years or upwards, shall be guilty of any offence punishable under either of those Chapters with like … Read more

Section 12 BNS: Limit of solitary confinement

Section 12 BNS: Limit of solitary confinement

Section 12 BNS | BNS 12 In executing a sentence of solitary confinement, such confinement shall in no case exceed fourteen days at a time, with intervals between the periods of solitary confinement of not less duration than such periods; and when the imprisonment awarded shall exceed three months, the solitary confinement shall not exceed … Read more

Section 11 BNS: Solitary confinement

Section 11 BNS: Solitary confinement

Section 11 BNS | BNS 11 Whenever any person is convicted of an offence for which under this Sanhita the Court has power to sentence him to rigorous imprisonment, the Court may, by its sentence, order that the offender shall be kept in solitary confinement for any portion or portions of the imprisonment to which … Read more

Section 10 BNS: Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which

Section 10 BNS: Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which

Section 10 BNS | BNS 10 In all cases in which judgment is given that a person is guilty of one of several offences specified in the judgment, but that it is doubtful of which of these offences he is guilty, the offender shall be punished for the offence for which the lowest punishment is … Read more

Section 9 BNS: Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences

Section 9 BNS: Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences

Section 9 BNS | BNS 9 BNS 9(1) Where anything which is an offence is made up of parts, any of which parts is itself an offence, the offender shall not be punished with the punishment of more than one of such his offences, unless it be so expressly provided. BNS 9(2) Where— (a) anything … Read more

Section 8 BNS: Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc.

Section 8 BNS: Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc.

Section 8 BNS | BNS Section 8 BNS 8(1) Where no sum is expressed to which a fine may extend, the amount of fine to which the offender is liable is unlimited, but shall not be excessive. BNS 8(2) In every case of an offence— (a) punishable with imprisonment as well as fine, in which … Read more

Section 7 BNS: Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple

Section 7 BNS: Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple

Section 7 BNS | BNS 7 In every case in which an offender is punishable with imprisonment which may be of either description, it shall be competent to the Court which sentences such offender to direct in the sentence that such imprisonment shall be wholly rigorous, or that such imprisonment shall be wholly simple, or … Read more