law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  
  432.Power to suspend or remit sentences.-
  (1) When any person has been sentenced to
  
  punishment for an offence, the appropriate Government may, at any time, without
  
  conditions or upon any conditions which the person sentenced accepts, suspend
  
  the execution of his sentence or remit the whole or any part of the punishment
  
  to which he has been sentenced.
  (2) Whenever an application is made to the appropriate Government for the
  
  suspension or remission of a sentence, the appropriate Government may require
  
  the presiding Judge of the Court before or by which the conviction was had or
  
  confirmed, to state his opinion as to whether the application should be granted
  
  or refused, together with his reasons for such opinion and also to forward with
  
  the statement of such opinion a certified copy of the record of the trial or of
  
  such record thereof as exists.
  (3) If any condition on which a sentence has been suspended or remitted is, in
  
  the opinion of the appropriate Government, not fulfilled, the appropriate
  
  Government may cancel the suspension or remission, and thereupon the person in
  
  whose favor the sentence has been suspended or remitted may, if at large, be
  
  arrested by any police officer, without warrant and remanded to undergo the
  
  unexpired portion of the sentence.
  (4) The condition on which a sentence is suspended or remitted under this
  
  section may be one to be fulfilled by the person in whose favor the sentence is
  
  suspended or remitted, or one independent of his will.
  (5) The appropriate Government may, by general rules or special orders, give
  
  directions as to the suspension of sentences and the conditions on which
  
  petitions should be presented and dealt with:
  
  Provided that in the case of any sentence (other than a sentence of
  
  fine) passed on a male person above the age of eighteen years, no such petition
  
  by the person sentenced or by any other person on his behalf shall be entertained,
  
  unless the person sentenced is in jail, and-
  (a) where such petition is made by the person
  
  sentenced, it is presented through the officer in charge of the jail; or
  (b) where such petition is made by any other
  
  person, it contains a declaration that the person sentenced is in jail.
  (6) The provisions of the above sub-sections
  
  shall also apply to any order passed by a Criminal Court under any section of
  
  this Code or of any other law which restricts the liberty of any person or
  
  impose any liability upon him or his property.
  (7) In this section and in section 433, the expression "appropriate
  
  Government">means,-
  (a) in cases where the sentence is for an offence against, or the order
  
  referred to in sub-section (6) is passed under, any law relating to a matter to
  
  which the executive power of the Union extends, the Central Government;
  (b) in other cases, the Government of the State within which the offender is
  
  sentenced or the said order is passed.