CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
428. Period of detention undergone by the accused to be set off against the sentence of imprisonment
468. Period of detention undergone by accused to be set off against sentence of imprisonment
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
428. Period of detention undergone by the accused to be set off against the sentence of imprisonment.—
Where an accused person has, on conviction, been sentenced to imprisonment for a term, 1[, not being imprisonment
in default of payment of fine], the period of detention, if any, undergone by him during the investigation, inquiry or
trial of the same case and before the date of such conviction, shall be set off against the term of imprisonment
imposed on him on such conviction, and the liability of such person to undergo imprisonment on such conviction
shall be restricted to the remainder, if any, of the term of imprisonment imposed on him:
[Provided that in cases referred to in section 433A, such period of detention shall be set off against the period
of fourteen years referred to in that section.]
1. Ins. by Act 45 of 1978, s. 31 (w.e.f.18-12-1978).
2. Ins. by Act 25 of 2005, s. 34 (w.e.f. 23-6-2006).
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
468. Period of detention undergone by accused to be set off against sentence of imprisonment.—
Where an accused person has, on conviction, been sentenced to imprisonment for a term, not being
imprisonment in default of payment of fine, the period of detention, if any, undergone by him during the
investigation, inquiry or trial of the same case and before the date of such conviction, shall be set off against
the term of imprisonment imposed on him on such conviction, and the liability of such person to undergo
imprisonment on such conviction shall be restricted to the remainder, if any, of the term of imprisonment
imposed on him:
Provided that in cases referred to in section 475, such period of detention shall be set off against the
period of fourteen years referred to in that section.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023