Period of Detention undergone by accused to be set off against sentence of imprisonment

Any period an accused spent in detention before conviction is deducted from any imprisonment sentence imposed under this Chapter. The procedures and calculations in section 468 apply in the same way as they do for other provisions of the Sanhita. The convicted person’s term is therefore reduced by the credited detention time.

Priya was held in custody for 200 days while her trial was pending. After conviction she was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, and the 200 days are set off under section 468, so she will serve three years minus those 200 days.