In this article, we will introduce you to Section 7 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS Section 7). In today’s article we will talk about what is this section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita? As we know that IPC has now been replaced by BNS. So let’s start.
Definition of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Section 7
Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple- 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.
