Indian Penal Code, 1860
69.
Termination of imprisonment on payment of proportional part of fine
If, before the
expiration of the term of imprisonment fixed in default of payment, such a
proportion of the fine be paid or levied that the term of imprisonment suffered
in default of payment is not less than proportional to the part of the fine
still unpaid, the imprisonment shall terminate.
Illustration
A is sentenced to a
fine of one hundred rupees and to four months' imprisonment in default of
payment. Here, if seventy-five rupees of the fine be paid or levied before the
expiration of one month of the imprisonment. A will be discharged as soon as
the first month has expired. If seventy-five rupees be paid or levied at the
time of the expiration of the first month, or at any later time while A
continues in imprisonment. A will be immediately discharged. If fifty rupees of
the fine be paid or levied before the expiration of two months of the
imprisonment, A will be discharged as soon as the two months are completed. If
fifty rupees be paid or levied at the time of the expiration of those two
months, or at any later time while A continues in imprisonment, A will be
immediately discharged.