Under s.103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, a person who commits murder is punishable with:

Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, corresponding to s.302 of the Indian Penal Code, prescribes the punishment for murder: whoever commits murder is punishable with death or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine. The section preserves judicial discretion between the two sentences, and s.103(2) deals with murder committed by a group of five or more persons on discriminatory grounds of caste, race, community or religion, which also attracts death or life imprisonment with fine. A related provision, s.104, deals with murder by a life-convict, punishable with death or imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life. Imprisonment alone does not state the full range under s.103, which expressly includes death as an alternative sentence.