Multiple choice

Which Section of the CrPC provides that a person once convicted or acquitted cannot be tried again for the same offence?

  1. Section 304

  2. Section 300

  3. Section 321

  4. Section 302

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Explanation

Section 300 of the code of criminal procedure states that a person who has once been tried by a Court of competent jurisdiction for an offence and convicted or acquitted of such offence shall, while such conviction or acquittal remains in force, not be liable to be tried again for the same offence.