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Power to commute sentence

Power to commute sentence :

 Section – 433. The appropriate Government may, without the consent of the person sentenced, commute—

(a) Â a sentence of death, for any other punishment provided by the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) ;
(b) Â a sentence of imprisonment for life, for imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years or for fine ;
(c) Â a sentence of rigorous imprisonment, for simple imprisonment for any term to which that person might have been sentenced, or for fine ;
(d) Â a sentence of simple imprisonment, or fine.