Unit 3 of Law of Crimes (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023) (syllabus: Module 1.7 - BNS ss. 4-13). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- My client got 'imprisonment for life'. Does that mean twenty years?
- The jail superintendent has kept a prisoner alone in a cell for months. Is that solitary confinement, and who may order it?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Provisions
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, s. s. 6 read with ss. 4(b) and 5
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, s. ss. 11 and 12
Leading cases
- Gopal Vinayak Godse v State of Maharashtra
- Sunil Batra v Delhi Administration