If a woman sentenced to death is found to be pregnant, the High Court shall 1[****], commute the sentence to imprisonment for life.
Footnotes in the official text
- 1.Certain words omitted by Act 5 of 2009, s. 30 (w.e.f. 31-12-2009).
CHAPTER XXXII EXECUTION, SUSPENSION, REMISSION AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES · A.–Death Sentences
Section 416: Postponement of capital sentence on pregnant woman
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (repealed)
Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.
Now in the BNSS
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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