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IPC Section 60 - Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple
Last Updated: 01 Nov, 2026
By Advocate Chikirsha Mohanty
Please refer to BNS 7 for updated procedures & punishments.
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.
Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple
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