law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  433.Power to commute sentence.-
  The appropriate Government may, without the
  
  consent of the person sentenced, commute-
  (a) a sentence of death, for any other punishment provided by the Indian Penal
  
  Code (45 of 1860);
  (b) a sentence of imprisonment for life, for imprisonment for a term not
  
  exceeding fourteen years or for fine;
  (c) a sentence of rigorous imprisonment, for simple imprisonment for any term
  
  to which that person might have been sentenced, or for fine;
  (d) a sentence of simple imprisonment, for fine.