Effect of withdrawal from prosecution-S.494 of CrPC

 

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

(ACT NO. V OF 1898)

PART IX

SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

CHAPTER XXXVIII

OF THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR



Effect of withdrawal from prosecution

494. Any Public Prosecutor may, with the consent of the Court, before the judgment is pronounced, withdraw from the prosecution of any person either generally or in respect of any one or more of the offences for which he is tried; and upon such withdrawal,-

(a) if it is made before a charge has been framed, the accused shall be discharged in respect of such offence or offences;

(b) if it is made after a charge has been framed, or when under this Code no charge is required, he shall be acquitted in respect of such offence or offences.

 

 

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