Concurrent power of Central Government in case of death sentences

For sentences of death, the Central Government may exercise the same powers the State Government has under the law. That means the Centre can reduce, cancel, or delay the execution of a death sentence in the same situations where the State could act. This applies only to cases involving the death penalty.

Rohan is convicted of murder and sentenced to death by the sessions court. The Central Government can, in the same way the State could, commute his death sentence to life imprisonment, remit part of it, or suspend execution while it considers clemency.