The question (10 marks)
Enumerate and explain the kinds of punishment under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. What is new? (10 marks)
Standing MU short-essay on punishment; built on the Unit 3 chapter.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 3 · Punishments of Law of Crimes (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023).
Authorities you will need
- Bachan Singh v State of Punjab (1980) - the death sentence is constitutional only in the 'rarest of rare' cases where the alternative of life imprisonment is unquestionably foreclosed
- Machhi Singh v State of Punjab (1983) - working categories (manner, motive, magnitude, victim) for the rarest-of-rare test
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