Indian Penal Code — Section 73
Solitary confinement.--Whenever any person is convicted of an
73. Solitary confinement.--Whenever any person is convicted of an offence for which under this Code the Court has power to sentence him to rigorous imprisonment, the Court may, by its sentence, order that the offender shall be kept in solitary confinement for any portion or portions of the imprisonment to which he is sentenced, not exceeding three months in the whole, according to the following scale, that is to say--
a time not exceeding one month if the term of imprisonment shall not exceed six months:
a time not exceeding two months if the term of imprisonment shall exceed six months and 1*[shall not exceed one] year:
a time not exceeding three months if the term of imprisonment shall exceed one year.
74.
Limit of solitary confinement.
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Judgments citing Section 73
- Muthu v. The State of Tamil Nadu
- MANPREET ALIAS MANI v. STATE OF PUNJAB
- Satbir Singh @ Satveer Singh Sandhu v. State of Punjab
- Ritesh Roshan @ Ritesh Singh v. The State of Jharkhand
- Nikit Mittal v. Renu Singh
- Nikit Mittal v. Renu Singh
- Nikit Mittal v. Renu Singh
- Suresh v. The State of Maharashtra
- Sesa Goa Limited & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.
- RAMKUBHAI VALKUBHAI DHAKHDA v. STATE OF GUJARAT & Anr.
- NANUBHAI VASTABHAI KATARIYA v. STATE OF GUJARAT
- JAGDISH CHAND v. MADHU & Ors.
- Suryakant Haribhau Linge v. The State of Maharashtra
- Judgment · High Court
- SHATRUGHAN CHAUHAN & Anr. v. UNION OF INDIA & Ors.
- SUNIL BATRA ETC v. DELW ADMINISTRATION ETC & Ors.
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