Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Section 60

IPC 60 in BNS: Section 7

Section 60 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 corresponds to Section 7 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. IPC 60 deals with sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the IPC.

Indian Penal Code

IPC 60 is now BNS 7.

Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. III
s. 60
Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple
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 that any part of such imprisonment shall be rigorous and the rest simple.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. II
s. 7
Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple.
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 that any part of such imprisonment shall be rigorous and the rest simple.
Text from India Code
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