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Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English)

person convicted on indictment may appeal under this Act to the Court of Criminal Appeal-- (a) against his conviction onany ground of appeal which involves a question of law alone; and (b) with the leave of the

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Reprieve

for either an absolute or conditional pardon. Or (3) ex necessitate legis; as where a woman is capitally convicted and pleads her pregnancy. See JURY FMATRONS. Or (4) if the criminal become non compos, 4 Steph. Com.

Judgment

s. 2 (9)] That by the word 'judgment' is meant an order in a trial terminating in the conviction or acquittal of the accused, Thikka Surya Rao v. Sirangu Sathiraju, AIR 1948 Mad 510. The word 'judgment'

Felony

perpetratum,' Co. Litt. 391 a], originally the state of having forfeited lands and goods to the Crown upon conviction for certain offences, and then, by transition, any offence upon conviction for which such forfeiture followed, in addition

Trial

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 Kerala, 1978

Vagrants

to be deemed 'idle and disorderly persons,' so that any justice of the peace may commit them (being convicted before him) to the house of correction to hard labour for not more than one month subject to

Attainder

for a capital offence. the criminal then becomes dead in law, technically called civiliter mortuus. It differs from conviction in that it is after judgment, whereas conviction is upon the verdict of guilty but before judgment pronounced,

Heat of passion

Recent CR 472: (2006) 4 CRJ 437. Subsequent procedures did not impose a heavier penalty than the indeterminate sentence imposed by the trial judge and did not go beyond the sentence of the court. Indeed it is

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