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SECTION 60 IPC - Indian Penal Code - Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple


Last Updated: 01 May, 2024
By Advocate Chikirsha Mohanty


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  1. IPC 60 in Simple Words
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.



IPC 60 in Simple Words

In cases where an offender can be punished with imprisonment, the Court can decide whether the imprisonment should be rigorous (hard labor) or simple (normal confinement), or a combination of both.


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The Court that sentences the offender may direct that the prison term be either wholly strict, wholly simple, or any part thereof.





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