Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass
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Summary
A High Court can impose any sentence authorised by law. A Sessions Judge or Additional Sessions Judge may also pass any lawful sentence, but any death sentence they impose must be confirmed by the High Court. An Assistant Sessions Judge may impose any lawful sentence except death, life imprisonment, or imprisonment for more than ten years.
Example
Rohan is convicted of murder by a Sessions Judge and sentenced to death; that death sentence must be confirmed by the High Court before it can be carried out. If the same case had been tried by an Assistant Sessions Judge, that judge could not have imposed death, life imprisonment, or a term exceeding ten years.
Bare Act
Enacted text(1) A High Court may pass any sentence authorised by law.
(2) A Sessions Judge or Additional Sessions Judge may pass any sentence authorised by law; but any sentence of death passed by any such Judge shall be subject to confirmation by the High Court.
(3) An Assistant Sessions Judge may pass any sentence authorised by law except a sentence of death or of imprisonment for life or of imprisonment for a term exceeding ten years.
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