answer to the query related to I.P.C.sec.54,57 dated 30 march,2011

sureeli sharma (Querist) 30 March 2011 This query is : Resolved
There is no need to get confused between sections 55,57 I.P.C.Where on one hand Section 55 meant to convey that in case a person gets Life Imprisonment,it has to be for life and nothing like 14 yrs/20 yrs.It means that L.I can be commuted to any other form of punishment by the appropriate Govt. only if the accused has already undergone at least 14 years of Imprisonment ,so no commutation untill he has spent at least 14 yrs of imprisonment.
Now u must have seen in many of the provisions of I.P.C.that in such and such case the punishment will be half/one fourth of...etc of the prescribed punishment (for ex:refer section 116 i.P.C)so in such cases for the purposes of calculating the fractions in case of L.I.the time period to be assumed is for 20yrs.

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