Sentences which Magistrates may pass
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Summary
A Chief Judicial Magistrate can impose any sentence allowed by law except death, life imprisonment, or imprisonment exceeding seven years. A First Class Magistrate may order up to three years' imprisonment, a fine up to ten thousand rupees, or both. A Second Class Magistrate may order up to one year, a fine up to five thousand rupees, or both. A Chief Metropolitan Magistrate has the same powers as a Chief Judicial Magistrate, and a Metropolitan Magistrate has the powers of a First Class Magistrate.
Example
Ravi is convicted of petty theft and his case is before a Second Class Magistrate. The Second Class Magistrate can sentence him to up to one year in prison, or fine him up to five thousand rupees, or impose both punishments.
Bare Act
Enacted text(1) The Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate may pass any sentence authorised by law except a sentence of death or of imprisonment for life or of imprisonment for a term exceeding seven years.
(2) The Court of a Magistrate of the first class may pass a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or of fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees, or both.
(3) The Court of a Magistrate of the second class may pass a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or of fine not exceeding five thousand rupees, or of both.
(4) The Court of a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate shall have the powers of the Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate and that of a Metropolitan Magistrate, the powers of the Court of a Magistrate of the first class.
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