law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  
  306.Tender of pardon to accomplice.-
  (1) With a view to obtaining the evidence of
  
  any person supposed to have been directly or indirectly concerned in or privy
  
  to an offence to which this section applies, the Chief Judicial Magistrate or a
  
  Metropolitan Magistrate at any stage of the investigation or inquiry into, or
  
  the trial of, the offence, and the Magistrate of the first class inquiring into
  
  or trying the offence, at any stage of the inquiry or trial, may tender a
  
  pardon to such person or condition of his making a full and true disclosure of
  
  the whole of the circumstances within his knowledge relative to the offence and
  
  to every other person concerned, whether as principal or abettor, in the
  
  commission thereof.
  
  
  (2) This section applies to -
  (a) any offence triable exclusively by the Court of Session or by the Court of
  
  a Special Judge appointed under the Criminal law Amendment Act, 1952(46 of
  
  1952);
  (b) any offence punishable with imprisonment which may extend to seven years or
  
  with a more severe sentence.
  (3) Every Magistrate who tenders a pardon
  
  under sub-section (1) shall record -
  (a) his reasons for so doing;
  (b) whether the tender was or was not accepted by the person to whom it was
  
  made, and shall, on application made by the accused, furnish him with a copy of
  
  such record free of cost.
  (4) Every person accepting a tender of pardon made under sub-section (1)-
  (a) shall be examined as a witness in the Court of the Magistrate taking
  
  cognizance of the offence and in the subsequent trial, if any;
  (b) shall, unless he is already on bail, be detained in custody until the
  
  termination of the trial.
  (5) Where a person has accepted a tender of
  
  pardon made under sub-section (1) and has been examined under sub-section (4),
  
  the Magistrate taking cognizance of the offence shall, without making any
  
  further inquiry in the case, -
  (a) commit it for trial -
  (i) to the Court of Session if the offence is triable exclusively by that Court
  
  or if the Magistrate taking cognizance is the Chief Judicial Magistrate;
  (ii)to a Court of Special Judge appointed under the Criminal Law Amendment Act,
  
  1952, (46 of 1952) if the offence is triable exclusively by that Court;
  (b) in any other case,
  
  make over the case to the Chief Judicial Magistrate who shall try the case
  
  himself.