law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  
  321.Withdrawal from prosecution.-
  The Public Prosecutor or Assistant Public
  
  Prosecutor in charge of a case may, with the consent of the Court, at any time
  
  before the judgment is pronounced, withdraw from the prosecution of any person
  
  either generally or in respect of any one or more of the offences for which he
  
  is tried; and, upon such withdrawal,-
  (a) if it is made before a charge has been framed, the accused shall be
  
  discharged in respect of such offence or offences;
  (b) if it is made after a charge has been framed, or when under this Code no
  
  charge is required, he shall be acquitted in respect of such offence or
  
  offences:
  
  Provided that where such offence-
  (i) was against any law relating to a matter
  
  to which the executive power of the Union extends, or
  (ii) was investigated by the Delhi Special
  
  Police Establishment under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946,(25
  
  of 1946) or
  (iii) involved the misappropriation or
  
  destruction of, or damage to, any property belonging to the Central Government,
  
  or
  (iv) was committed by a person in the service
  
  of the Central Government while acting or purporting to act in the discharge of
  
  his official duty, and the Prosecutor in charge of the case has not been
  
  appointed by the Central Government, he shall not, unless he has been permitted
  
  by the Central Government to do so, move the Court for its consent to withdraw
  
  from the prosecution and the Court shall, before according consent, direct the
  
  Prosecutor to produce before it the permission granted by the Central
  
  Government to withdraw from the prosecution.