Section 428 · Period of detention undergone by the accused to be set off against the sentence of imprisonment
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Where an accused person has, on conviction, been sentenced to imprisonment for a term, 1[not being imprisonment
in default of payment of fine], the period of detention, if any, undergone by him during the investigation, inquiry or
trial of the same case and before the date of such conviction, shall be set off against the term of imprisonment
imposed on him on such conviction, and the liability of such person to undergo imprisonment on such conviction
shall be restricted to the remainder, if any, of the term of imprisonment imposed on him:
2[Provided that in cases referred to in section 433A, such period of detention shall be set off against the period of fourteen years referred to in that section.]
2[Provided that in cases referred to in section 433A, such period of detention shall be set off against the period of fourteen years referred to in that section.]
In the new law
CrPC 428BNSS 468
468. Period of detention undergone by accused to be set off against sentence of imprisonment.
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