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Costs

the examining justices) may on any such proceedings by order direct the payment of the costs of the prosecution or defence or both in accordance with the provisions of this Act out of the funds of the

Trial

called on with the Magistrate on the bench, the accused in the dock and the representative of the prosecution and defence, if the accused is defended, present in court for the hearing of the case, Dagdu Govindset

discovery

and tests, his or her recorded testimony before a grand jury, and testimony to be given by the prosecution's expert witnesses. A defendant may also inspect the prosecution's books, documents, photographs, objects, and other items of evidence.

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Suit

action in the Supreme Court, or a proceeding by petition in the Divorce branch of that Court; a prosecution; a petition to a Court, etc. See Jud. Act, 1873, s. 100. By Jud. Act, 1925, s. 225,

bill

information : information bill of par·tic·u·lars [-pər-ti-kyə-lərz] : a bill that a defendant may request in which the prosecution sets out in detail the facts forming the basis for the criminal charges against the defendant no bill

Brady material

[from Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), in which the Supreme Court ruled that suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to a defendant who has requested it violates due process] : evidence known to the

Public prosecutor

1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2 (u)] The 'Public Prosecutor' is the counsel for the government for conducting prosecution on behalf of the State Government or the Central Govern-ment as the case may be. He is an

Criminal Evidence Act

except on his own application; (b) Failure to give evidence is not to be commented on by the prosecution; (c) The wife or husband is not to be called except on the applicationof the person charged; (d)

Character

his defence, and, if they speak to nothing else, it is the custom that the counsel for the prosecution should not reply. it is not allowable to state any particulars of the prisoner'' conduct, either in proof

Malice

Emperor, AIR 1930 Lah 266. Malice has been said to mean any wrong or indirect motive but a prosecution is not malicious merely because it is inspired by anger. However, wrongheaded a prosecutor may be, if he

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