Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
BNS Section 11
Solitary confinement
In one line
BNS Section 11 deals with solitary confinement and replaces IPC 73.
Bare act text — BNS 11
11. Solitary confinement.
Whenever any person is convicted of an offence for which under this Sanhita 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, namely: — (a) a time not exceeding one month if the term of imprisonment shall not exceed six months; (b) a time not exceeding two months if the term of imprisonment shall exceed six months and shall not exceed one year; (c) a time not exceeding three months if the term of imprisonment shall exceed one year.
What changed from the IPC
- IPC 73 → BNS 11: Word "that is to say" is replaced with "namely".
Frequently asked
What was BNS Section 11 in the IPC?
BNS Section 11 (Solitary confinement) replaces Section 73 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. IPC 73 is now BNS 11.
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Nearby BNS sections
- BNS 6 — Fractions of terms of punishment
- BNS 7 — Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple
- BNS 8 — Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc
- BNS 9 — Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences
- BNS 10 — Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which
- BNS 12 — Limit of solitary confinement
- BNS 13 — Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction
- BNS 14 — Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law
- BNS 15 — Act of Judge when acting judicially
- BNS 16 — Act done pursuant to judgment or order of Court