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This section does not expressly say that the only punishment provided for the offence should be imprisonment not exceeding 10 years
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The reason why two alternative maximum sentences are given in col
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7, that is, transportation for life (now imprisonment for life) and imprisonment not exceeding 10 years appears to be that the offence is not exclusively triable by a court of session and could also be tried by a Magistrate, who, except when empowered under s. 30 would be incompetent to try offences punishable with transportation for life (now imprisonment for life) and the further reason that it should be open to the court of Session, instead of awarding the sentence of transportation for life to a convicted person to award him imprisonment in a jail in India itself for a period not execeeding 10 years
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Now, of course, by the amendment made by s. 117 of Act 26 of 1955 for the words "transportation for life" the words "imprisonment for life" have been substituted, but the original structure of all the sections now amended continues
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That is why they read rather queer but even so they serve the purpose of allowing certain offences triable by a court of Session, to be triable also by Magistrates of the First Class
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Be that as it may, there is no substance in the first ground
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What we have said about pardon in respect of an offence under s. 409 would apply equally to that for one under s. 120-B because the punishment for it is the same as that for the offence under s. 409
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The offence under s. 467 read with s. 471 is punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment of either description for a period of 10 years but it is exclusively triable by a court of Session and, therefore, in so far as such offence is concerned the argument of Mr. Bhimasankaram would not even have been available
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As regards the offence under s. 477-A, it is one of those sections which are specifically enumerated in s. 337 (1) and the argument advanced before us-and which we have rejected would not even be available with regard to the pardon in respect of that offence
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It is true that the respondent No
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I alone was convicted by the Additional Sessions judge of this offence and the offence under s. 467 read with s. 471 but the validity of a pardon is to be determined with reference to the offence alleged against the approver alone and not with reference to the offence or offences for which his associates were ultimately convicted
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Coming to the next ground of attack on the validity of pardon, the argument of Mr. Bhimasankaram is that whereas s. 337 (1) speaks of pardon being granted by a District Magistrate, or Presidency Magistrate, a Sub-Divisional Magistrate or any Magistrate of First Class, except in cases where an enquiry or trial was pending before another Magis- tratc, the pardon here was granted by the Additional District Magistrate in a case where an enquiry was pending before the District Magistrate and is, therefore, illegal and of no avail
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He contends that s. 337 (1) speaks of the District Magistrate which expression does not include an Additional District Magistrate
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Mr. Bhimasankaram's argument on the point may be summarised thus : Such a power cannot be conferred upon an Additional District Magistrate because s. 337 (1) does not contemplate grant of pardon by an Additional District Magistrate and that the Additional District Magistrate would have no status other than that of a Magistrate, First Class
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No doubt, under entry (9-a) in Part III of Sch
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III to the Code a Magistrate, First Class, has the power to grant pardon under s. 337 but it is limited by the proviso thereto to certain classes of cases
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A case under enquiry or trial before another magistrate does not fall in any of these classes
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Therefore, a pardon granted by him in such a case would be illegal
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The Magistrate before whom the enquiry or trial is proceeding or the District Magistrate would be the only authorities competent to grant a pardon in such a case
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Alternatively, the State Government has not made any directions under sub-s
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2) of s. 10 specifying the powers of the District Magistrate which would lie exercisable by the Additional District Magistrate concerned
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In order to appreciate and consider the argument it is desirable to bear in mind the changes in the magisterial set up in the former province of Madras which comprised within it the district of Visakhapatnam
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By Government Order No. 3106 dated September 9, 1949 the Government of the Province of Madras issued certain instructions to the Magistrates in pursuance of the separation of the judiciary from the executive
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It divided the magistrates into two groups, Judicial magistrates and executive magistrates
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The latter category comprises of the executive officers of the Revenue Department, on whom the responsibility for the maintenance of law and order was to continue to rest
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Para 4 of the instructions provides
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Para 5 provides that as officers of the Revenue Department, those magistrates would be under the control of the Government through the Board of Revenue
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The Additional District Magistrates (Independent) would also be under the control of the Government through the Board of Revenue
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The category of judicial Magistrates was constituted of the following: (1) District Magistrate; (2) Sub-divisional Magistrates; (3) Additional First Class Magistrates and (4) Second Class Magistrates (Sub- magistrates
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The District Magistrate was constituted as the principal magistrate of the District and as such was entrusted with the duty of general administration and superintendence and control over the other judicial magis- trates in the district
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In addition to his general supervisory functions and the special powers under the Code of hearing revision petitions, transfer petitions, appeals from Second Class Magistrates and the like, the District Magistrate was also to be assigned a specific area, the cases arising from which would be disposed of normally by himself
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This body of magistrates was made subordinate to the High Court
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Till the separation between the judiciary and the executive was effected the Collector as the head of the Revenue Department was also the District Magistrate
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Consequent on the separation
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he became only an Additional District Magistrate
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Part IV of the Government order deals with the allocation of powers between the judicial and executive magistrates
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Para 19(3) occurring in this part deals with allocation of powers under the provisions of the Code otherwise than these referred to in the earlier paragraphs
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It specifically provides that the power to tender pardon udder s. 337 shall be exercised by executive magistrates except in cases referred to in the proviso to sub-s
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1) of that section, in which case a judicial magistrate may exercise that power
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In spite of the Government order all Magistrates who have, under Sch
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III to the Code of Criminal procedure the power to grant pardon will continue to have that power and, therefore, a pardon granted by a judicial Magistrate in contravention of the Government order will not be rendered invalid
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However, that is not the point which is relevant while considering the argument of Mr. Bhimasankaram
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His point is that the proviso to s. 337(1) confers the power on "the District Magistrate" to grant pardon in a case pending before another Magistrate and not on "a District Magistrate" and, therefore, his power to grant pardon in such cases cannot be conferred under sub-s.(2) of s. 10 on an Additional District Magistrate
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According to him, under that section only the powers of "a District Magistrate" meaning thereby only the powers under Entry 7 (a) in Part V of Sch
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as distinguished from the power under the proviso to s. 337 (1) can be conferred upon an Additional District Magistrate
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Secondly, according to him, no direction has in fact been shown to have been made by the State Government conferring upon an Additional District Magistrate the power of the District Magistrate to grant pardon
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In our opinion, there is no subtance in the contention
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The power conferred by sub-s
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1) of s. 337 on the different clauses of Magistrates is of the same character
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The power to grant pardon in a case pending before another Magistrate is no doubt conferred by the proviso only on the District Magistrate
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But Entry 7 (a) in Part V of Sch
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III when it refers to the power of a District Magistrate under s. 337 (1) does not exclude the power under the proviso
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There is, therefore, no warrant for drawing a distinction between the powers of "the District Magistrate" and the powers of "'a District Magistrate
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The power of a District Magistrate to grant Pardon has been specifically conferred on Additional District Magistrates as would appear from s
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37 of Sch
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III of the Government Order, which reads thus
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Mr. Chari for the State advanced a further argument before us in case his main argument that the pardon was valid failed and said that the approver, even if we ignore the pardon, was a competent witness
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In support of his contention he strongly relied upon the decision in Kandaswamy Gounder
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In re : the appellant (I.L.R. 1957 Mad 715 ), and the cases referred to therein, in particular the decision in Winson v. Queen ((1866) L.R. I Q.B
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What has been held in all these cases is that where the trial of a person who was charged with having committed an offence or offences jointly with several persons is separated from the trial of those persons, he would be a competent witness against them though of course there will always be the question as to what weight should be attached to his evidence
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Mr. Chari then referred to s. 133 of the Evidence Act and pointed out that this section clearly makes an accomplice evidence admissible in a case and that an approver whose pardon is found to be invalid does not cease to be an accomplice and contends that he is, therefore, as competent a witness as he would have been if he had not been granted pardon at all and not been put on trial
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Learned counsel further pointed out that the decisions show that however undesirable it may be to adduce the evidence of a person jointly accused of having committed an offence along with others, his evidence is competent and admissible except when it is given in a case in which he is being actually tried
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This legal position does not, according to him, offend the guarantee against testimonial compulsion and he points out that that is the reason why an accused person is not to be administered an oath when the court examines him under s. 342 (1) for enabling him to explain the circumstances appearing in evidence against him
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If pardon is tendered to an accused person and eventually it is found that the pardon is illegal such person is pushed back into the rank of an accused person and being no more than an accomplice would be a competent witness
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The question raised is an important one and requires a serious consideration
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Mr. Chari in support of his contention has cited a large number of cases, Indian as well as English, and certain passages from Halsbury's Laws of England
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But in the view we take about the legal validity of the pardon tendered, we do not wish to pronounce one way or the other on this very interesting question
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Now, as regards the reliability of the approver
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It is no doubt true that an approver has always been regarded as an infamous witness, who, on his own showing has participated in a crime or crimes and later to save his own skin, turned against his former associates and agreed to give evidence against them in the hope that he will be pardoned for the offence committed by him
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The High Court seems to think that before reliance could be placed upon the evidence of the approver it must appear that he is a penitent witness
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That, in our opinion, is not the correct legal position
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The section itself shows that the motivating factor for an approver to turn, what in England is called "King's evidence" is the hope of pardon and not any noble sentiment like contrition at the evil in which he has participated
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Whether the evidence of the approver should in any given case be accepted or not will have to be determined by applying the usual tests such as the probability of the truth of what he has deposed to the circumstances in which he has come to give evidence whether he has made a full and complete disclosure, whether his evidence is merely self-exculpatory and so on and so forth
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The court has, in addition, to ascertain whether his evidence has been corroborated sufficiently in material particulars
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What is necessary to consider is whether applying all these tests we should act upon the evidence of the approver should be acted upon
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We however, find that certain documents upon which Mr. Chari wants to rely are not included in the paper book
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It would take considerable time if we were to adjourn this matter now and give an opportunity to the parties to include those documents on record
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The better course would be for us to set aside the acquittal of the respondents and send back the appeal to the High Court ?or being decided on merits
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The High Court will of course be bound by the finding which we have given on the questions of law agitated before us
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What it must now do is to consider the entire evidence and decide for itself whether it is sufficient to bring home all or any of the offences to the respondents
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We may mention that the High Court's observation that the approver's evidence was treated as unreliable by the learned Additional Sessions judge is not correct
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Of course, the view taken by the Additional Sessions judge is not binding on the High Court
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But it should remove from its mind the misconception that the Additional Sessions judge has not believed him
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There is another thing which we would like to make clear
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The decision in Sarwan Singh v. The State of Punjab ([1957] B. C. R. 953.), on which reliance has been placed by the High Court has been explained by this Court in the case of Maj
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E. G. Barsay v. The State of Bombay
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This Court has pointed out in the latter decision that while it must be shown that the approver is a witness of truth, the evidence adduced in a case cannot be considered in compartments and that even for judging the credibility of, the approver the evidence led to corroborate him in material particulars would be relevant for consideration
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The High Court should bear this in mind for deciding whether the evidence of the approver should be acted upon or not
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Then again it would not be sufficient for the High Court to deal with the evidence in a general way
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It would be necessary for it to consider for itself the evidence adduced by the prosecution on the specific charges and then to conclude whether those charges have been established or not
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The prosecution would be well, advised if, instead of placing the evidence on each and every one of those large number of charges against the respondents, it chooses to select a few charges under each head other than the head of conspiracy and concentrates on establishing those charges, this would save public time and also serve the purpose of the prosecution
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With these observations we set aside the acquittal of the respondents and remit the appeal to the High Court for decision on merits in the light of our observations
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Appeal allowed
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Case remanded
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These three appeals by special leave are directed against one and the same judgment dated 25.09.l992 of the Division Bench of Calcutta High Court
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The three appellants are the State of West Bengal in appeal arising out of SLP (C) No.401 of 1993,the State Fishery Development Corporation Ltd.in appeal arising out of SLP (C) No.13516 of 1992 and Bansilal Farms in appeal arising out of SLP (C) No.13314 of 1992
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The respondents are the members of one Sarkar family in the city of Calcutta
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The dispute centres around a fishery called Nalban Fishery
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