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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Execution of sentence of imprisonment

Repealed From 01 Apr 1974 Act 2 of 1974 As on 16 Oct 2026

Act 2 of 1974 Ministry Home Affairs Enacted 25 Jan 1974 In force 01 Apr 1974

This provision is repealed. Repealed by section 531 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024. It is reproduced because conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under it.

Section 418 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 deals with execution of sentence of imprisonment. Where the accused is sentenced to imprisonment for life or to imprisonment for a term in cases other than those provided for by section 413, the Court passing the sentence shall forthwith forward a warrant to the jail or other place in which he is, or is to be, confined, and, unless the accused is a The Act came into force on 01 Apr 1974. Repealed by section 531 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024, but conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under it.

(1) Where the accused is sentenced to imprisonment for life or to imprisonment for a term in cases other than those provided for by section 413, the Court passing the sentence shall forthwith forward a warrant to the jail or other place in which he is, or is to be, confined, and, unless the accused is already confined in such jail or other place, shall forward him to such jail or other place, with the warrant:

Provided that where the accused is sentenced to imprisonment till the rising of the Court, it shall not be necessary to prepare or forward a warrant to a jail, and the accused may be confined in such place as the Court may direct.

(2) Where the accused is not present in Court when he is sentenced to such imprisonment as is mentioned in sub-section (1), the Court shall issue a warrant for his arrest for the purpose of forwarding him to the jail or other place in which he is to be confined; and in such case, the sentence shall commence on the date of his arrest.

Section 418, The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974).

Now in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita

BNSS 458 Execution of sentence of imprisonment Text carried over almost unchanged 100%

Measured by comparing the text of the two provisions, not taken from an official correspondence table — there is no machine-readable one. See both texts side by side before relying on it.

Both regimes are live. The repealed enactment still governs what happened while it was in force. We never redirect one to the other.

Cross-references

Extracted from the operative text of the enactments themselves. Every destination below exists in our corpus.

This section refers to

  1. s. 413 Execution of order passed under section 368

Related judgements & precedents

These are some judgments that construed this section, and hold precedence value. They hold authority on how to read, interpret and use this section.

  1. Anasuya Ganapati Hegde vs The State of Karnataka by Its Secretary

    High Court 18 Jan 2000 Persuasive (Other HC)

    Court's Decision & Legal Precedent

    When an accused voluntarily surrenders before the trial court after conviction, the procedure prescribed under Section 418 CrPC for issuing arrest warrants does not apply. Bail granted by the Supreme Court pending appeal automatically expires upon dismissal of the appeal without requiring an express order of cancellation, as the bail order itself limits the bail to the pendency of the appeal. The Supreme Court Registry has the authority under Supreme Court Rules, 1966, to draft decrees and communicate them to trial courts for execution, and such communication does not constitute an alteration of the Supreme Court judgment. Therefore, the arrest warrant issued by the Sessions Court after receiving the Supreme Court's order was legal and did not violate the accused's constitutional rights.

    On this section: Authority to issue arrest warrant; central issue of whether only convicting court can issue warrant or other courts can also issue

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Questions about Section 418

What have the courts held on Section 418 of the Code of Criminal Procedure?

Anasuya Ganapati Hegde vs The State of Karnataka by Its Secretary (18 Jan 2000) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: Authority to issue arrest warrant; central issue of whether only convicting court can issue warrant or other courts can also issue.

How do I find court cases under Section 418 of the Code of Criminal Procedure?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: CRPC 418, section 418 CRPC, section 418 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome. 1 reported judgment on this section is set out on this page, beginning with Anasuya Ganapati Hegde vs The State of Karnataka by Its Secretary (18 Jan 2000).

What should I read with Section 418 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on section 413 (Execution of order passed under section 368), so none of them can safely be read on its own. For anything done on or after 1 July 2024 the provision to read is BNSS 458 (Execution of sentence of imprisonment), which replaced it; conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under this section.

When did Section 418 of the Code of Criminal Procedure come into force?

Section 418 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, cited as CRPC 418, came into force on 01 Apr 1974, having been enacted on 25 Jan 1974. It is no longer in force.

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