CrPC Section 416: Postponement of capital sentence on pregnant woman
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 32: Execution, Suspension, Remission and commutation of sentences
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
¶ *[416. Postponement of capital sentence on pregnant woman .-If a woman sentenced to death is found to be pregnant, the High Court shall commute the sentence to imprisonment for life.]
¶*[Modified by Code of Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 2008. Words order the execution of the sentence to be postponed, and may, if it thinks fit omitted]
Study: explanations and related material
Now BNSS 456 (corresponding section). CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03), p22
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Other sections in this chapter
- 413. Execution of order passed under section 368
- 414. Execution of sentence of death passed by High Court
- 415. Postponement of execution of sentence of death in case of appeal to Supreme Court
- 417. Power to appoint place of imprisonment
- 418. Execution of sentence of imprisonment
- 419. Direction of warrant for execution
- 420. Warrant with whom to be lodged
- 421. Warrant for levy of fine
- 422. Effect of such warrant
- 423. Warrant for levy of fine issued by a Court in any territory to which this Code does not extend
- 424. Suspension of execution of sentence of imprisonment
- 425. Who may issue warrant
- 426. Sentence on escaped convict when to take effect
- 427. Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence
- 428. Period of detention undergone by the accused to be set off against the sentence of imprisonment
- 429. Saving
- 430. Return of warrant on execution of sentence
- 431. Money ordered to be paid recoverable as a fine
- 432. Power to suspend or remit sentences
- 433. Power to commute sentence
- 433A. Restriction on powers of remission or commutation in certain cases
- 434. Concurrent power of Central Government in case of death sentences
- 435. State Government to act after consultation with Central Government in certain cases