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CHAPTER XXX SUBMISSION OF DEATH SENTENCES FOR CONFIRMATION

Section 409: Power of High Court to confirm sentence or annul conviction

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

In any case submitted under section 407, the High Court—

(a) may confirm the sentence, or pass any other sentence warranted by law; or

(b) may annul the conviction, and convict the accused of any offence of which the Court of Session might have convicted him, or order a new trial on the same or an amended charge; or

(c) may acquit the accused person:

Provided that no order of confirmation shall be made under this section until the period allowed for preferring an appeal has expired, or, if an appeal is presented within such period, until such appeal is disposed of.

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 3 of our papers cite Section 409.

Practise questions on Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita