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Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).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.
Bare act text for reference, current to 30 June 2024. It is not legal advice; check the official gazette for authoritative text.
Other sections in this chapter
- 26. Courts by which offences are triable
- 27. Jurisdiction in the case of juveniles
- 29. Sentences which Magistrates may pass
- 30. Sentence of imprisonment in default of fine
- 31. Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial
- 32. Mode of conferring powers
- 33. Powers of officers appointed
- 34. Withdrawal of powers
- 35. Powers of Judges and Magistrates exercisable by their successors-in-office