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CrPC Section 28: Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 3: Power of courts

Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).

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.

Study: explanations and related material

Now BNSS 22 (corresponding section). CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03), p2

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