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Arrest

answer it. Arrests are either in civil or (see APPREHENSION) criminal cases; civil arrests must be affected, in order to be

Court

within the meaning of s. 195(1)(b) of the Code of Criminal Procedure Code 1973, Keshab Moroyan Banerjee v. State of Bihar,

Pardon

forgiveness of a crime; remission of punis-hment. The pardoning of criminals is the peculiar preroga-tive of the sovereign. See 4 Steph.

Prosecution

proceeding either by way of indict-ment or information, in the criminal courts, in order to put an offender upon his trial.

Appeal

the County Courts Act, 1934, and next title), and in criminal matters, to the Court of Criminal Appeal under the (English)

homicide

killing of one human being by another compare manslaughter, murder criminal homicide : homicide committed by a person with a criminal

Crown cases reserved

Crown cases reserved. Questions of law at criminal trials (except in the case of demurrers and writs of

hearing

hearing sometimes held prior to the sentencing of a convicted criminal at which the parties may offer evidence as to appropriate

Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum

This statute extends only to the case of commitments for criminal charges, all other cases of unjust imprisonment being left to

Falsely charges

witness against an accused person during the course of a criminal trail. 'To falsely charge' must refer to the criminal or

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