The CrPC 1973 was replaced by the BNSS 2023 (in force 2024-07-01); no verified section mapping on file for Section 416 — confirm the corresponding provision (savings: Section 531, BNSS 2023).
If a woman sentenced to death is found to be pregnant, the High Court shall [xxxx] commute the sentence to imprisonment for life. The words "order the execution of the sentence to be postponed, and may, if it thinks fit," omitted by Act 5 of 2009, Section 30 (w.e.f. 31/12/2009).