Whenever any person is convicted of an offence for which under this Sanhita the Court has power to sentence him to rigorous imprisonment, the Court may, by its sentence, order that the offender shall be kept in solitary confinement for any portion or portions of the imprisonment to which he is sentenced, not exceeding three months in the whole, according to the following scale, namely:—
(a) a time not exceeding one month if the term of imprisonment shall not exceed six months;
(b) a time not exceeding two months if the term of imprisonment shall exceed six months and shall not exceed one year;
(c) a time not exceeding three months if the term of imprisonment shall exceed one year.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 11
Section 11 regulates solitary confinement, authorizing the Court in sentences of rigorous imprisonment to order that the offender be kept in solitary confinement for periods not exceeding three months in the whole, subject to strict statutory ceilings.
If a trial court imposes solitary confinement in a routine criminal conviction, challenge that direction in appeal immediately: cite Sunil Batra and Section 11 BNS to demonstrate that solitary confinement requires extreme depravity and must be quashed.