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:
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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.]
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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
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