separate from each other, unless the 7[Sessions Judge of District
and Officer Incharge] of Prosecution shall otherwise direct.
(ii) Except under the orders of the Superintendent no
prison official below the rank of Assistant Superintendent who is
incharge of prisoners of other classes, and no prison Worker shall
have access to any approver.
(iii) The approvers shall be permitted to associate with a person or
persons of their own sex, subject to the control and approval of the
Government. If it is not practicable to arrange for such association,
a paid warder shall be posted on duty at the ward or cell, as the case
may be, to keep such prisoner's accompany.
(iv) No one shall be allowed to interview an approver
without the written permission of the 8[Officer- Incharge of
Prosecution] whose discretion in the matter 'shall be absolute.
(v) Every approver shall be supplied with food at
Government expense on a scale according to his social status
as may be approved by the 9[Officer Inchage of Prosecution];
provided that it shall be in no case inferior to the diet supplied to
ordinary under-trial prisoners. Such food shall not be prepared in
the cook house or cooked, and served by prisoners, but shall either
be cooked by the prisoner himself or by such agency in such place
either within or without the prison as may be approved by the
Superintendent, subject to the control of the 10[Officer Incharge of
Prosecution].
(vi) No letter, written communication of any kind, books,
newspapers, packet or parcel of any description shall either be
delivered to or sent by an approver, without the permission of the
Superintendent and under the control of the 11[Officer Incharge of
Prosecution]. The Superintendent is allowed to withhold and
confiscate any such letter, written communication parcel, etc.
Section 337 of Criminal Procedure Code
337. Tender of pardon to accomplice. (1) In the case of any
offence triable exclusively by the High court or Court of Session,
or any offence punishable with imprisonment which may extend to
ten years, or any offence punishable under section 211 .of the
Pakistan Penal Code with imprisonment which may extend to
seven years, or any offence under any of the following sections of
the Pakistan Penal Code, namely, sections 216-A, 369, 401, 435
and 477-A, 12[Officer Incharge of the prosecution in the District]
may, at any stage of
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