Maximum Sentences which different classes of Courts can pass

Courts                                                      Maximum

(i) High Court                                     Any sentence authorised by law (S.28(1)).

(ii) Sessions Judge or Additional Sessions Judge ... Any sentence authorised by law, Sentence of death passed by such judge shall be subject to confirmation by the High Court.

(iii) Assistant Sessions Judge...                     Any sentence authorised by law other than a sentence of death, imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term exceeding ten years.

(iv) Chief Judicial Magistrate and Chief Metropolitan Magistrate...     Any sentence authorised by law other than a sentence of death, imprisonment of life or for a term exceeding seven years.

(v) Metropolitan Magistrate or Magistrate of first class...    Imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years; fine not exceeding Rs. 10,000 or both.

(vi) Magistrate of the second class and Special Judicial Magistrate....   Imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year; fine not exceeding Rs. 5,000 or both.