investigation, or inquiry into or the trial of the offence, with a view to obtaining the evidence of any person supposed to have been directly or indirectly concerned in or privy to the offence, tender a pardon to such person on condition of his making a full and true disclosure of the whole of the circumstances within his knowledge relative to the offence and to every other person concerned, whether as principal or abettor, in the commission thereof 13["Provided that no person shall be tendered pardon who is involved in an offence relating to hurt or qatl without permission of the victim or, as the case may be, of the heirs of the victim." ] (1-A) Every Coordination Officer who tenders a pardon under subsection (1) shall record his reasons for so doing, and shall, on application made by the accused, furnish him with a copy of such record: : Provided that the accused shall pay for the same unless the Coordination Officer for some special reason thinks fit to furnish if free of cost. 14(2) Every person accepting a tender under this section shall be examined as a .witness in the subsequently trial, if any.] , 15[(2-A) In every ease where a person has accepted a tender of pardon and has been examined under sub-section (2), the Magistrate before whom the proceedings are pending shall, if he is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the accused is guilty of an offence, commit him for trial to the Court of Session or High Court, as the case maybe]. (3) Such person, unless he is already on bail, shall be detained in custody until the termination of the trial. Disciplinary action against under-trial prisoners outside the precincts of prisons. Rule400. Under-trial prisoners who commit certain offences while being conveyed from a prison by road or rail to the courts and from the courts or other places back to prison, may be punished by the Superintendent. An under-trial prisoner does not cease to be under the control of the Superintendent when being taken from the prison to a court or from a court back to prison. The fact that a Police escort accompanies a prisoner does not release him from the control of the Superintendent as regards punishment 143

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