Editing Double jeopardy (section)

=== India ===

A partial protection against double jeopardy is a [[Fundamental Rights in India|Fundamental Right]] guaranteed under Article 20 (2) of the [[Constitution of India]], which states "No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once".<ref name="constitution">{{cite journal |url=http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/fullact1.asp?tfnm=00%2023 |title=Article 20, Section 2 |journal=Constitution of India |quote=No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124001157/http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/fullact1.asp?tfnm=00%2023 |archive-date=24 November 2010}}</ref> This provision enshrines the concept of ''autrefois convict'', that no one convicted of an offence can be tried or punished a second time. However, it does not extend to ''autrefois acquit'', and so if a person is acquitted of a crime he can be retried. In India, protection against ''autrefois acquit'' is a [[statutory right]], not a fundamental one. Such protection is provided by provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure rather than by the Constitution.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Sharma|author2=Sharma B.k.|title=Introduction to the Constitution of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=srDytmFE3KMC|date=2007|publisher=PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-203-3246-1|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=srDytmFE3KMC&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94 94]}}</ref>