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

Summary

When a law allows a judge to sentence someone to either rigorous imprisonment (with hard labour) or simple imprisonment (without hard labour), the judge has the power to decide in the sentencing order whether the entire term will be rigorous, the entire term will be simple, or part of the term will be rigorous and the rest simple.

Official Text

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.

Related Judgments

• MIS. PAPPU SWEETS AND BISCUITS ETC v. COMMISSIONER OF TRADE TAX U.P. LUCKNOW OCTOBER 6, 1998 — Supreme Court of India (S)
• ST ATE BANK OF INDIA v. K.C. THARAKAN AND ORS. OCTOBER 4, 2005 B — Supreme Court of India (S)
• S.C.R. 139 DURYODHAN ROUT v. STATE OF OR — Supreme Court of India (2014)
• ... Appellant/2nd Accused vs State by the Inspector of Police, — Madras High Court (2013)
• CRL A/89/2010 — Madras High Court (2010)
• MD. SHAKEEL v. STATE POLICE THROUGH P.S. 625 HANMAKONDA & ANR — Supreme Court of India (2008)
• ... Appellants vs State, rep.by — Madras High Court (2016)
• ... Appellant/Accused vs State,by — Madras High Court (2009)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §7 — Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple