Punishment for murder
Chapter 6: Offences affecting the human body
(1) Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.
(2) When a group of five or more persons acting in concert commits murder on the ground of race, caste or community, sex, place of birth, language, personal belief or any other similar ground each member of such group shall be punished with death or with imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Nature of the offence
LEGAFLIX NOTES
In simple words
Once murder is proved, the court has only two sentences to choose from: death or imprisonment for life. Either can come with a fine.
Sub-section (2) is new. When five or more people together kill someone on grounds such as caste, community, language or personal belief, every member of the group gets the same punishment.