Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 25
Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial
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BNSS Section 25 deals with sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial and replaces CrPC 31.
Bare act text — BNSS 25
25. Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial.
(1) When a person is convicted at one trial of two or more offences, the Court may, subject to the provisions of section 9 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, sentence him for such offences, to the several punishments prescribed therefor which such Court is competent to inflict and the Court shall, considering the gravity of offences, order such punishments to run concurrently or consecutively.
(2) In the case of consecutive sentences, it shall not be necessary for the Court by reason only of the aggregate punishment for the several offences being in excess of the punishment which it is competent to inflict on conviction of a single offence, to send the offender for trial before a higher Court: Provided that— (a) in no case shall such person be sentenced to imprisonment for a longer period than twenty years; (b) the aggregate punishment shall not exceed twice the amount of punishment which the Court is competent to inflict for a single offence.
(3) For the purpose of appeal by a convicted person, the aggregate of the consecutive sentences passed against him under this section shall be deemed to be a single sentence.
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 31 → BNSS 25: Sub section (1) is reframed but the essence is same.
- CrPC 31 → BNSS 25: In subsection (2) (a) fourteen years is replaced by twenty years.
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 25 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 25 (Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial) replaces Section 31 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 31 is now BNSS 25.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 20 — Directorate of Prosecution
- BNSS 21 — Courts by which offences are triable
- BNSS 22 — Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass
- BNSS 23 — Sentences which Magistrates may pass
- BNSS 24 — Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine
- BNSS 26 — Mode of conferring powers
- BNSS 27 — Powers of officers appointed
- BNSS 28 — Withdrawal of powers
- BNSS 29 — Powers of Judges and Magistrates exercisable by their successors-in-office
- BNSS 30 — Powers of superior officers of police