For purposes of Section 345 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, a pardon under Section…
Section 5(2) provides that a pardon tendered by a Special Judge shall, "for the purposes of sub-sections (1) to (5) of section 308" of the Code, be deemed to have been…
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For purposes of Section 345 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, a pardon under Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 is treated as:
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Section 5(2) provides that a pardon tendered by a Special Judge shall, "for the purposes of sub-sections (1) to (5) of section 308" of the Code, be deemed to have been tendered under section 307 of the Code. These references are now read as sections 345 and 344 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly sections 308 and 307 CrPC). It is not treated as a pardon by a Magistrate under section 343, a constitutional pardon or a remission under section 473.