期刊名称：International Journal of Humanities & Social Science Studies
印刷版ISSN：2349-6711
电子版ISSN：2349-6959
出版年度：2015
期号：4835
页码：37-43
出版社：Scholar Publications
摘要：Double Jeopardy is a legal term which simply means that a person cannot be punished for the same offence more than once. The double jeopardy rule, known in law as autrefois acquit, developed over centuries as a protection against oppressive prosecution. The principle of Double Jeopardy plays an important role for the protection of integrity of the criminal justice system including precious fundamental rights of the accused persons. The paper makes an attempt to analyse the concept of double jeopardy under Indian law with special reference to the Constitution of India and examines how it protects the fundamental rights of the persons accused of crime. It also makes an in-depth analysis of judicial pronouncements on the limits and boundaries of doctrine of double jeopardy. Key Words: Double Jeopardy, autrefois convict, Fundamental Rights, Criminal Justice System, Constitution of India.
