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Trial
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 Ker LT 546. Means the examination and determination of a cause by
Penalty
'where any penalty is imposable', because so far as the disciplinary authority is concerned it cannot impose a sentence. The word 'penalty' used in Rule 14(i) of the Rules of 1968 is relatable to the penalties to
Or
must have been used, Morgan v. Thomas, (1882) 9 QBD 643 (645), per Jessel (MR). Or, in the sentence any 'any person concerned in any such offence shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding three times
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Murder
as a felon.'--(English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 100), s. 1. See SENTENCE OF DEATH. The execution, formerly public, has taken place in prison since 1868. See CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. On the
Remit
Remit, means to pardon, to refrain from inflicting to give up. A remission of sentence does not mean acquittal, Ram Deo Chauhan v. State of Assam, AIR 2001 SC 2231. [See Constitution of
Prerogative of mercy
that enactment was made unpardonable by the King. The Prerogative of Mercy was frequently invoked to alter the sentence, either to obviate the necessity for the literal execution of the sentence in cases of high treason, or
attainder
attainder [Anglo-French atteinder, from ateindre to convict, sentence, literally, to reach, attain, ultimately from Latin attingere to reach, from ad to + tangere to touch] :
Such prisoner shall be confined in a cell apart prisoners
rigorous imprisonment. The purpose of the sub-s. (2) s. 366 is to make available the prisoner when the sentence is required to be executed. He is being kept in jail custody. After the sentence becomes executable he
Preventive detention
if the charge is established, he can, in addition to a punishment of penal servitude, receive a further sentence of not less than five years or more than ten years, called a sentence of preventive detention. During
Sessions of the peace
Criminal Justice Act, 1925, s. 25, a person who pleaded guilty or admitted the offence can appeal against sentence imposed. An appeal to quarter sessions lies from a Court of summary jurisdiction in respect of any order
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