Power to commute sentence
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Summary
Appropriate government may commute a sentence without the sentenced person's consent. It can convert death to life imprisonment; life imprisonment to a term not less than seven years; sentences of seven years or more to a term not less than three years; sentences under seven years to a fine; and rigorous imprisonment to simple imprisonment for any lawful term.
Example
Ravi is sentenced to imprisonment for life for a robbery. The appropriate government commutes his life sentence to ten years' imprisonment. Ravi will serve ten years instead of life.
Bare Act
Enacted textThe appropriate Government may, without the consent of the person sentenced, commute-
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(a) a sentence of death, for imprisonment for life;
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(b) a sentence of imprisonment for life, for imprisonment for a term not less than seven years;
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(c) a sentence of imprisonment for seven years or more, for imprisonment for a term not less than three years;
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(d) a sentence of imprisonment for less than seven years, for fine;
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(e) a sentence of rigorous imprisonment, for simple imprisonment for any term to which that person might have been sentenced.
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