IPC § 60 · Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 60 IPC — Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNS 7 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the IPC.
The law now: BNS 7 — Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple
In every case in which an offender is punishable with imprisonment which may be of either description, it shall be competent to the Court which sentences such offender to direct in the sentence that such imprisonment shall be wholly rigorous, or that such imprisonment shall be wholly simple, or that any part of such imprisonment shall be rigorous and the rest simple.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNS 7 in full