Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple
Full Text
7. 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 description, it shall be competent to the Court which sentences such offender to direct in the sentence that such imprisonment shall be wholly rigorous, or that such imprisonment shall be wholly simple, or that any part of such imprisonment shall be rigorous and the rest simple.
Plain English Summary
This section empowers the sentencing court to direct that an offender’s imprisonment shall be wholly rigorous, wholly simple, or partly rigorous and partly simple.
Key Legal Elements
- Applies to cases where the offence is punishable with either description of imprisonment.
- Empowers the court to direct the imprisonment to be wholly rigorous.
- Empowers the court to direct the imprisonment to be wholly simple.
- Empowers the court to make any part of the imprisonment rigorous and the rest simple.
Practical Note
This gives judicial discretion to the court to decide the nature of the imprisonment based on the circumstances of the case and the offender.
हिंदी पाठ
7. दंडादेश के अंतर्गत (कारावास के कुछ मामलों में) संपूर्ण कारावास या उसका कोई भाग कठिन या साधारण हो सकेगा।
हर ऐसे मामले में जिसमें अपराधी ऐसे कारावास से दंडनीय है जो दोनों विवरणों में से किसी एक विवरण का हो सकता है, वह न्यायालय जो ऐसे अपराधी को दंडादेश देगा, दंडादेश में यह निर्देश देने के लिए सक्षम होगा कि ऐसा संपूर्ण कारावास कठिन होगा, या यह कि ऐसा संपूर्ण कारावास साधारण होगा, या यह कि उसका कोई भाग कठिन होगा और शेष साधारण होगा।