Section 161
Period Of Detention Undergone To Be Set Off Against Sentence Of Imprisonment
(1) If a person who, on conviction, is sentenced to
imprisonment by a court judgment, has remained in detention or
custody in the course of investigation, the period of such detention or
custody shall be set off against the term of imprisonment imposed on
him or her by the judgment, and such offender shall be imprisoned
only for the remaining term of imprisonment.
(2) If any offender who is not sentenced to imprisonment
but to a fine only has remained in detention or custody in the course
of investigation, the total amount to be set by three hundred rupees a
day of the period of his or her detention or custody shall be set off
against the amount of fine payable by him or her.
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