Period of detention undergone by accused to be set off against sentence of imprisonment
Full Text
Where an accused person has, on conviction, been sentenced to imprisonment for a term, not being imprisonment in default of payment of fine, the period of detention, if any, undergone by him during the investigation, inquiry or trial of the same case and before the date of such conviction, shall be set off against the term of imprisonment imposed on him on such conviction, and the liability of such person to undergo imprisonment on such conviction shall be restricted to the remainder, if any, of the term of imprisonment imposed on him:
Provided that in cases referred to in section 475, such period of detention shall be set off against the period of fourteen years referred to in that section.
Plain English Summary
Mandates that the time an accused spent in jail during the investigation or trial must be deducted (set off) from the final prison sentence awarded.
Key Legal Elements
- Set-off of pre-conviction detention
- Applicable to term imprisonment
- Not applicable to fine default imprisonment
- Includes investigation, inquiry, and trial period
Practical Note
Known as the Set-Off rule. It ensures that under-trial detention is counted as part of the punishment. Note: It does not apply to default imprisonment (for non-payment of fine).
हिंदी पाठ
जहां किसी अभियुक्त व्यक्ति को दोषसिद्धि पर किसी अवधि के लिए कारावास से दंडादिष्ट किया गया है, जो जुर्माना न देने पर कारावास नहीं है, वहां उसी मामले के अन्वेषण, जांच या विचारण के दौरान और ऐसी दोषसिद्धि की तारीख से पहले उसके द्वारा भोगी गई निरोध की अवधि, यदि कोई हो, ऐसी दोषसिद्धि पर उस पर अधिरोपित कारावास की अवधि के विरुद्ध मुजरा (set off) की जाएगी, और ऐसी दोषसिद्धि पर कारावास भुगतने के लिए ऐसे व्यक्ति का दायित्व उस पर अधिरोपित कारावास की अवधि के शेष भाग, यदि कोई हो, तक सीमित होगा :
परंतु धारा 475 में संदर्भित मामलों में, निरोध की ऐसी अवधि उस धारा में संदर्भित चौदह वर्ष की अवधि के विरुद्ध मुजरा की जाएगी।