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| 2003 SLG 4000 2003 SLD 4000 = 2003 YLR 1507(2) |
AMANUL MULK and another‑‑‑Petitioners
VERSUS
THE STATE‑‑‑Respondent
Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
Section: 13(a)
(a) Constitution of Pakistan (1973)‑‑‑
‑‑‑‑Art.13(a)‑‑‑Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S.403‑‑‑Protection against double prosecution or punishment‑‑‑Application‑‑‑In order to attract the application of S.403. Cr.P.C. and Art.13(a) of the Constitution which are grounded on the maxim: "Nemo debet bis vexari pro una et eadem causa " envisaging that a man shall not be brought into danger for one and the same offence more than once, it is essential that the offender must have been prosecuted in accordance with law by a Court of competent jurisdiction.