Where anything which is an offence is made up of parts, any of which parts is itself an offence, the offender shall not be punished with the punishment of more than one of such his offences, unless it be so expressly provided"
Where anything is an offence falling within two or more separate definitions
of any law in force for the time being by which offences are defined or
punished, or
where several acts, of which one or more than one would by itself or themselves
constitute an offence, constitute, when combined, a different offence,
the offender shall not be punished with a more severe punishment than the Court
which tries him could award for any one of such offences"
Illustrations
a A gives Z fifty strokes with a stick" Here A may have committed the offence of
voluntarily causing hurt to Z by the whole beating, and also by each of the
blows which make up the whole beating" If A were liable to punishment for every
blow, he might be imprisoned for fifty years, one for each blow" But he is
liable only to one punishment for the whole beating"
b But, if, while A is beating Z, Y interferes, and A intentionally strikes Y,
here, as the blow given to Y is no part of the act whereby A voluntarily causes
hurt to Z, A is liable to one punishment for voluntarily causing hurt to Z, and
to another for the blow given to Y"
71 IPC Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences
74 IPC Limit of solitary confinement
76 IPC Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law
77 IPC Act of Judge when acting judicially
78 IPC Act done pursuant to the judgment or order of Court
79 IPC Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself, justified, by law