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 seven days in any one month of the whole imprisonment awarded, with intervals between the periods of solitary confinement of not less duration than such periods.
IPC Section 74 in BNS: Section 12
Limit of solitary confinement
Section 74 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Limit of solitary confinement) corresponds to Section 12 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
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