BNS 11 — Solitary confinement.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

11. 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  sentence,  order  that  the  offender  shall  be  kept  in
solitary  confinement  for  any  portion  or  portions  of  the  imprisonment  to
which he is sentenced, not exceeding three months in the whole, according
to the following scale, namely:—
(a) a time not exceeding one month if the term of imprisonment shall
not exceed six months;
(b)  a  time  not  exceeding  two  months  if  the  term  of  imprisonment
shall exceed six months and shall not exceed one year;
(c) a time not exceeding three months if the term of imprisonment
shall exceed one year.

Limit of solitary confinement.

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