Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Chapter II: General Explanations
Section 45: “Life”
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to offences and proceedings from before that date.
The word “life” denotes the life of a human being, unless the contrary appears from the context.
Corresponding sections were matched by comparing the wording of both official texts, and for the IPC and BNS, also against a published correspondence table. Wording, punishments and structure often changed, so read both sections before relying on the match.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 45
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Sukhdev Yadav @ Pehalwan v. State of (NCT of Delhi) & Others
Whether, an accused/convict who has completed his “life imprisonment for a fixed term” such as twenty years of actual sentence without remission, as in the instant case, is entitled to be released from prison on…
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Bhaggi @ Bhagirath @ Naran v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
The capital punishment awarded to the petitioner-convict for the conviction u/s. 376 AB, IPC was not confirmed and it was commuted to imprisonment for life, which, going by the provisions thereunder, means imprisonment…
- Ravinder Singh v. The State Govt. of NCT of Delhi
- Shiva Kumar @ Shiva @ Shivamurthy v. State of
- Manoj Pratap Singh v. The State of Rajasthan
- Pappu v. The State of Uttar Pradesh
- Manoharan v. State by Inspector of Police, Variety Hall Police Station, Coimbatore
- Vikas Yadav v. State of U.P. and Ors. Etc. Etc.