IPC Section 66 — Description of imprisonment for non-payment of fine

Summary

If a court orders a fine and the person does not pay it, the court can send them to prison instead. The type of imprisonment for not paying the fine can be any kind of imprisonment that the court could have given for the original offence.

Official Text

The imprisonment which the Court imposes in default of payment of a fine may be of any description to which the offender might have been sentenced for the offence.

Related Judgments

• SHANTI LAL v. STATE — Supreme Court of India (2007)
• S.C.R. 962 KUMARAN v. STATE OF KERALA & ANR — Supreme Court of India (2017)
• NEERAJ MUNJAL AND ORS v. A TUL GROVER MINOR AND ANR. MAY 5, 2005 — Supreme Court of India (S)
• S.C.R. 276 STATE OF HARYANA v. SHAKUNTLA AND ORS — Supreme Court of India (2012)
• SC (2024) Vol.7 p.756 — Supreme Court of India (2024)
• CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION v. K.M. SHARAN — Supreme Court of India (2008)
• GURDEV SINGH v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. NOVEMBER 5, 2001 — Supreme Court of India (S)
• Petitioners in Crl.O.P.No.27638/2011 vs Mr.K.S.Palanichamy — Madras High Court (2011)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §8 — Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc