What is the Punishment for Murder?
05-Sep-2023 (In Criminal Law)
If a man do murder of any person then what was the punishment given to the murderer as per the Indian Law?
According to section 302 of the Indian penal code - Punishment for murder.—Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death, or 1[imprisonment for life], and shall also be liable to fine. It depends upon the nature of offence
That depends upon nature of murder and its gravity. If it has been proved that accused is guilty of murder beyond any reasonable doubt, then punishment will be up to life. on the other hand, if it has been proved that accused murdered a person brutally then court can award punishment of hang till death.
If the charges are proved in the court of law the maximum punishment is capital punishment other wise it depends upon the court to award punishment within the parameters of provision under section 302 of Indian Penal Code.
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