Section 17 BNS: Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified, by law

Section 17 BNS: Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified, by law

Section 17 BNS | BNS 17 | BNS Section 17 Nothing is an offence which is done by any person who is justified by law, 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 justified by law, in doing … Read more

Section 16 BNS: Act done pursuant to judgment or order of Court

Section 16 BNS: Act done pursuant to judgment or order of Court

Section 16 BNS | BNS 16 Nothing which is done in pursuance of, or which is warranted by the judgment or order of, a Court; if done whilst such judgment or order remains in force, is an offence, notwithstanding the Court may have had no jurisdiction to pass such judgment or order, provided the person … 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 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