law: Sashastra Seema Bal Act, 2007 
  98.  Voting by members.
  1.       Subject
  
  to the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3), every decision of
  
  a Force Court shall be passed by an absolute majority of votes; and where there
  
  is an equality of votes on either the finding or the sentence, the decision
  
  shall be in favour of the accused.
  2.       No
  
  sentence of death shall be passed by a General Force Court without the
  
  concurrence of at least two-thirds of the members of the Court.
  3.       In
  
  matters other than an objection or the finding or sentence, the presiding
  
  officer shall have a casting vote.