Rigorous Imprisonment

  • October 29, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Rigorous Imprisonment

Subject – Governance

Context – Man gets 20 years RI for sexual assault on minor

Concept –

  • The term, “rigorous imprisonment”, is found in Section 53 of the Indian Penal Code which categorizes the nature of punishment for convicts.
  • The provision defines rigorous imprisonment as “imprisonment with hard labour”.
  • RI sentence is pronounced based on the gravity of offence of the accused criminal.

Governance Rigorous Imprisonment