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CrPC, 1973
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CrPCChapter XXXIISection 416
Section416

Postponement of capital sentence on pregnant woman

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When a woman sentenced to death is found to be pregnant, the High Court must commute the death sentence to imprisonment for life. It applies when pregnancy is discovered before execution. The consequence is that the woman will serve life imprisonment instead of facing execution.

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Priya is sentenced to death. Before the execution, doctors discover she is pregnant. The High Court will commute her death sentence to imprisonment for life.

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If a woman sentenced to death is found to be pregnant, the High Court shall commute the sentence to imprisonment for life.

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XXXII

Chapter XXXII

Execution, Suspension, Remission And Commutation Of Sentences

In this chapter

  • 413Execution of order passed under section 368
  • 414Execution of sentence of death passed by High Court
  • 415Postponement of execution of sentence of death in case of appeal to Supreme Court
  • 416Postponement of capital sentence on pregnant woman
  • 417Power to appoint place of imprisonment
  • 418Execution of sentence of imprisonment
  • 419Direction of warrant for execution
  • 420Warrant with whom to be lodged
  • 421Warrant for levy of fine
  • 422Effect of such warrant
  • 423Warrant for levy of fine issued by a Court in any territory to which this Code does not extend
  • 424Suspension of execution of sentence of imprisonment
  • 425Who may issue warrant
  • 426Sentence on escaped convict when to take effect
  • 427Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence
  • 428Period of detention undergone by the accused to be set off against the sentence of imprisonment
  • 429Saving
  • 430Return of warrant on execution of sentence
  • 431Money ordered to be paid recoverable as a fine
  • 432Power to suspend or remit sentences
  • 433Power to commute sentence
  • 433ARestriction on powers of remission or commutation in certain cases
  • 434Concurrent power of Central Government in case of death sentences
  • 435State Government to act after consultation with Central Government in certain cases
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