law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  470.Exclusion of time in certain cases.-
  (1) In computing the period of limitation, the time during which
  
  any person has been prosecuting with due diligence another prosecution, whether
  
  in a Court of first instance or in a Court of appeal or revision, against the
  
  offender, shall be excluded:
  Providedthat no such exclusion shall be made unless
  
  the prosecution relates to the same facts and is prosecuted in good faith in a
  
  Court which from defect of jurisdiction or other cause of a like nature, is
  
  unable to entertain it.
  (2) Where the institution of the prosecution in respect of an
  
  offence has been stayed by an injunction or order, then, in computing the
  
  period of limitation, the period of the continuance of the injunction or order,
  
  the day on which it was issued or made, and the day on which it was withdrawn,
  
  shall be excluded.
  (3) Where notice of prosecution for an offence has been given,
  
  or where, under any law for the time being in force, the previous consent or
  
  sanction of the Government or any other authority is required for the
  
  institution of any prosecution for an offence, then, in computing the period of
  
  limitation, the period of such notice or, as the case may be, the time required
  
  for obtaining such consent or sanction shall be excluded.
  Explanation.-In computing the time required for obtaining
  
  the consent or sanction of the Government or any other authority, the date on
  
  which the application was made for obtaining the consent or sanction and the
  
  date of receipt of the order of the Government or other authority shall both
  
  the excluded.
  (4) In computing the period of limitation, the time during which
  
  the offender:-
  (a) has been absent from India or from any
  
  territory outside India which is under the administration of he Central Government,
  
  or
  (b) has avoided arrest by absconding or
  
  concealing himself, shall be excluded.