Section 25 of THE BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023 – BNSS

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

25. (1) When a person is convicted at one trial of two or more offences, the Court may,
    subject to the provisions of section 9 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, sentence him
    for such offences, to the several punishments prescribed therefor which such Court is
    competent to inflict and the Court shall, considering the gravity of offences, order such
    punishments to run concurrently or consecutively.
    (2) In the case of consecutive sentences, it shall not be necessary for the Court by
    reason only of the aggregate punishment for the several offences being in excess of the
    punishment which it is competent to inflict on conviction of a single offence, to send the
    offender for trial before a higher Court:
    Provided that—
    (a) in no case shall such person be sentenced to imprisonment for a longer
    period than twenty years;
    (b) the aggregate punishment shall not exceed twice the amount of punishment
    which the Court is competent to inflict for a single offence.
    (3) For the purpose of appeal by a convicted person, the aggregate of the consecutive
    sentences passed against him under this section shall be deemed to be a single sentence.

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