IPC § 74 · Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 74 IPC — Limit of solitary confinement
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNS 12 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the IPC.
The law now: BNS 12 — Limit of solitary confinement
In executing a sentence of solitary confinement, such confinement shall in no case exceed fourteen days at a time, with intervals between the periods of solitary confinement of not less duration than such periods; and when the imprisonment awarded shall exceed three months, the solitary confinement shall not exceed seven days in any one month of the whole imprisonment awarded, with intervals between the periods of solitary confinement of not less duration than such periods.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNS 12 in full