https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194497 A beneficial set-off provision under the Criminal Procedure Code applies to life imprisonment, because the phrase "imprisonment for a term" is wide enough to include a life sentence and the period spent in pre-trial custody must be credited against the remaining sentence. The benefit also extends where the conviction was recorded before insertion of the corresponding special provision in the Border Security Force Act, as the amendment operates prospectively on the sentence still to be served and does not unsettle the conviction already imposed. In the absence of a contrary provision in the special statute, the general criminal procedure rule on set-off continues to apply, and denial of credit for pre-conviction custody is invalid. en-us Tue, 21 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 16:54:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194497 A beneficial set-off provision under the Criminal Procedure Code applies to life imprisonment, because the phrase "imprisonment for a term" is wide enough to include a life sentence and the period spent in pre-trial custody must be credited against the remaining sentence. The benefit also extends where the conviction was recorded before insertion of the corresponding special provision in the Border Security Force Act, as the amendment operates prospectively on the sentence still to be served and does not unsettle the conviction already imposed. In the absence of a contrary provision in the special statute, the general criminal procedure rule on set-off continues to apply, and denial of credit for pre-conviction custody is invalid. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 21 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194497