Whoever, having accepted any conditional remission of punishment, knowingly violates any condition on which such remission was granted, shall be punished with the punishment to which he was originally sentenced, if he has already suffered no part of that punishment, and if he has suffered any part of that punishment, then with so much of that punishment as he has not already suffered.
CHAPTER XIV OF FALSE EVIDENCE AND OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE
Section 266: Violation of condition of remission of punishment
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Corresponding IPC 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
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1. X is sentenced to five years' imprisonment. After serving two years, he accepts a conditional remission of the rest of his sentence and is released. He later knowingly violates a condition of the remission. Under Section 266 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, X is liable to be punished with