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CHAPTER III POWER OF COURTS

Section 22: Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

(1) A High Court may pass any sentence authorised by law.

(2) A Sessions Judge or Additional Sessions Judge may pass any sentence authorised by law; but any sentence of death passed by any such Judge shall be subject to confirmation by the High Court.

Corresponding CrPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

Questions on this section

1 question in 7 of our papers cite Section 22. Try these from the free papers:

  1. 1. Under Section 22(2) of the BNSS, a sentence of death passed by a Sessions Judge or an Additional Sessions Judge

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