Varun Kumar Jha

What is Section 5 BNS? Commutation of sentence.— The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the offender, commute any punishment under this Sanhita to any other punishment in accordance with section 474 of the… 

What is Section 6 BNS? Fractions of terms of punishment.— In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, imprisonment for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to imprisonment for twenty years unless otherwise provided.

What is Section 7 BNS? 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… 

What is Section 8 BNS? Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc.— (1) Where no sum is expressed to which a fine may extend, the amount of fine to which the… 

What is Section 9 BNS? Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences.— (1) Where anything which is an offence is made up of parts, any of which parts is itself an offence,… 

What is Section 10 BNS? Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which.— In all cases in which judgment is given that a person is guilty… 

What is Section 11 BNS? Solitary confinement.— 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… 

What is Section 12 BNS? Limit of solitary confinement.— 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… 

What is Section 13 BNS? Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction.— Whoever, having been convicted by a Court in India, of an offence punishable under Chapter X or Chapter XVII of this Sanhita…