Rigorous Imprisonment
- October 29, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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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.