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Taking cognizance of an offence

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Those convicted of offences under

Those convicted of offences under, mean those convicted and are undergoing sentence imposed consequent to such conviction, Bhagwat Sharma v. State of

Calumnia

Calumnia, the offence of a man who, in the language of Gaius, intelligit non recte se agere sed vexandi adversarii gratia

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Hamesoken

Hamesoken, the offence of violently invading a man's house

Owling

Owling, the offence of transporting wool or sheep out of the kingdom. Abolished by 5 Geo. 4, c. 107.

Sedition

Sedition, an offence against the Crown and govern-ment, not capital, and not amounting to treason. It cannot be tried at Quarter

Smuggling

Smuggling, the offence of importing prohibited Articles, or of defrauding the revenue by the introduction of Articles into consumption without paying

Cognizance

31. Means exercising jurisdiction if it is in respect of a public servant who is accused of an offence alleged to have been committed during the discharge of his official duty, Rajesh Kumar Mishra v. State of

Confession

Confession, a statement in order to amount to a 'confession' must either admit in terms the offence, or at any rate substantially all the facts which constitute the offence. An admission of an incriminating fact,

Criminal Evidence Act

1898 (English) (61 & 62 Vict. c. 36), the general Act by which every person charged with an offence and his or her wife or husband became a competent, but not a compellable, witness for the defence

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