CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
28. Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass
22. Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
28. Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass.—(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.
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
22. Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass.—(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.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023