BNS 12 — Limit of solitary confinement.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

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.
Enhanced    punishment    for    certain    offences    after    previous
conviction.

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