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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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