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IPC Section 60 in BNS: Section 7

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

Section 60 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple) corresponds to Section 7 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.

Text of BNS Section 7

Sentence may 7. In every case in which an offender is punishable with imprisonment which may be

ae le of either description, it shall be competent to the Court which sentences such offender to imprisonment) direct in the sentence that such imprisonment shall be wholly rigorous, or that such wholly or imprisonment shall be wholly simple, or that any part of such imprisonment shall be rigorous

partly rigorous and the rest simple. or simple.

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