IPC Section 71 - Limit Of Punishment Of Offence

IPC Section 71 states that - anyone who commits an offence such that which consists of several parts & each of the part is an offence then, the offender shall not be liable for more than one offence (unless it is clearly expressed).

• Where anything is an offence falling within two or more different definitions of any law for the time being in force at the time by which the offences are defined or punished, or,
• where several acts, would constitute an offence &, when combined, a separate offence,
• he offender shall not be punished with a severe punishment than the Court could award for any one of such offences.