State Government to act after concurrence with Central Government in certain cases.

What this section does

The State Government's power to remit or commute a sentence cannot be exercised without prior concurrence of the Central Government where the offence was investigated by a Central agency, involved damage to Central Government property, or was committed by a Central Government servant in official capacity. Further, where a convict has concurrent sentences for both Union and State offences, the State's suspension/remission/commutation order has no effect unless the Central Government also passes a corresponding order for the Union-related offences.

AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).

Procedure at a glance

Key actors

State Government · Central Government

Time limit

None specified

Derived from CrPC s.435.