The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
§456 — Commutation of sentence of death on pregnant woman
If a woman sentenced to death is found to be pregnant, the High Court shall commute the sentence to imprisonment for life.
Old law ⇄ new law
Modifiedold law ⇄ new law
Old lawCRPC §416Postponement of capital sentence on pregnant womanNew lawBNSS §456Commutation of sentence of death on pregnant woman
CRPC §416 → BNSS §456 per the official NCRB Sankalan table. Marked "(Change)" — substance modified; compare texts.
Source & version
Official text: Gazette of India via MHA (official) ↗
Official Gazette text: The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023), English PDF as hosted by Ministry of Home Affairs (mha.gov.in, file 250884_2_english_01042024.pdf). Extracted via pdftotext 26.07 -bbox and @nexlex/ingest gazette-bbox parser on 2026-07-14. Automated parse; structural validation + spot verification; full clause-level proofread pending.
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