IPC § 73 · Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 73 IPC — Solitary confinement
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNS 11 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the IPC.
The law now: BNS 11 — Solitary confinement
Whenever any person is convicted of an offence for which under this Sanhita the Court has power to sentence him to rigorous imprisonment, the Court may, by its sentence, order that the offender shall be kept in solitary confinement for any portion or portions of the imprisonment to which he is sentenced, not exceeding three months in the whole, according to the following scale, namely: —
(a) a time not exceeding one month if the term of imprisonment shall not exceed six months;
(b) a time not exceeding two months if the term of imprisonment shall exceed six months and shall not exceed one year;
(c) a time not exceeding three months if the term of imprisonment shall exceed one year.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNS 11 in full