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IPC Section 60. Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple


 
Category of Bare Act Name of the Act Year of Promulgation
Criminal Laws Indian Penal Code 1860
Act Number Enactment Date Chapter Number
45 06.10.1860 3
Chapter Title Sub-Chapter Legislated by
Of Punishment - Parliament of India

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

Offence Description Punishment provided Cognizable/Non-Cognizable
- - -
Bailable/Non-Bailable Trial Court Details Compoundable/Non-Compoundable
- - Non-Compoundable
Compoundable by Whom Concerned Ministry Concerned Department
Non-Compoundable Ministry of Home Affairs Department of Internal Security
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