Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter XXVI: General Provisions As to Inquiries and Trials
Section 344: Power to direct tender of pardon
In plain words
After a case is committed and before judgment, the trial court can also offer a pardon on the same condition to a person involved in the offence, to get their evidence at trial.
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Official text
At any time after commitment of a case but before judgment is passed, the Court to which the commitment is made may, with a view to obtaining at the trial the evidence of any person supposed to have been directly or indirectly concerned in, or privy to, any such offence, tender a pardon on the same condition to such person.
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Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 12 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 344
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