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Tried

trial, and applicable to all cases which are capable of terminating either in a discharge or in an acquittal according to the stage at which the application for withdrawal is made, State of Bihar v. Ram Naresh

Trial

court of session is concerned the judicial proceedings before court of session which ends in a judgment of acquittal or conviction of the prisoner. It means the whole of proceedings including the sentence, Janardhan v. State of

Special pleas

why the prisoner ought to be discharged from the prosecution: they are of four kinds, viz., a former acquittal, a former conviction, a former attainder, or a pardon

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Servitiis acquietandis

for a man distrained for service to one, when he owes and performs them to another, for the acquittal of such services, Reg. Judic. 27.

Pardon

case of mistaken identity. The Committee suggested quashing the conviction on motion by the Attorney-General and entering an acquittal as of record. In the Beck case the first of the two 'pardons' granted was in the following

Jury

accusations of any consequence among the Saxons on the continent, twelve juratores was the number required for an acquittal. Similar customs may be observed in the laws of Athens and Rome, where dikaotai and judices answer to

Every other appeal

Every other appeal, by 'every other appeal' is meant an appeal other than one against an order of acquittal, that is to say, an appeal against an order of conviction, Harnam Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh,

Entertain

have not been put up for hearing before the High Court within 60 days of the order of acquittal, Lala Ram v. Hari Ram, (1969) 3 SCC 173: AIR 1970 SC 1093: (1970) 2 SCR 898. The

vote

method of voting vb vot·ed vot·ing vi 1 a : to cast or conduct a vote [ for acquittal] b : to exercise a political franchise [encourage people to ] vt 1 : to choose, endorse, decide

Carucate

of the sub-s. it must mean a proceeding which at the end results either in discharge, conviction, or acquittal of an accused person, Bhimappa Bassappa Bhusannavar v. Laxman Shivarayappa Samagouda, (1971) 1 SCR 1: (1970) 1 SCC

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