Section 53 IPC enumerates the kinds of punishment to which offenders are liable. Which is NOT one of the five categories listed?
ADeath penalty
BImprisonment for life
CImprisonment (rigorous or simple)
DBanishment from the territory of India
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Banishment from the territory of India
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_
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