BNSS · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Section 22 — Sentences which High Courts and Sessions Judges may pass.

(1) A High Court may pass any sentence authorised by law. (2) A Sessions Judge or Additional Sessions Judge may pass any sentence authorised by law; but any sentence of death passed by any such Judge shall be subject to confirmation by the High Court.

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25 Sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial.

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