Section 53 IPC enumerates the kinds of punishment to which offenders are liable. Which is NOT one of the five categories listed?
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D.
1. Section 53 IPC enumerates FIVE kinds of punishments: (i) Death; (ii) Imprisonment for life; (iii) Imprisonment (of two descriptions — rigorous, that is, with hard labour, and simple); (iv) Forfeiture of property; (v) Fine.
2. Banishment / transportation is no longer a recognised punishment (Penology Reforms Acts abolished transportation).
3. The Code of Criminal Procedure governs the procedure for sentencing.
4. Hence option D is the correct exception.
_Source: Indian Penal Code 1860 / Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 / Indian Evidence Act 1872 (Bare Acts, indiacode.nic.in) — IPC, Section 53_
Related questions
Section 357A CrPC, inserted by the 2009 Amendment Act, provides for:Section 161 IPC criminalises the taking of:Section 320 CrPC deals with compounding of offences. Compoundable offences:Section 122 IEA enacts marital privilege. It provides that:Section 60 IEA enacts the rule that oral evidence must be DIRECT, namely:Section 173 CrPC requires the officer in charge of a police station, on completion of inveSection 156 CrPC empowers the officer in charge of a police station to investigate a cogniSection 268 IPC defines 'public nuisance' as an act which causes: