Tender of pardon to accomplice enables conditional immunity to secure full disclosure and mandates witness examination and custody.

Tender of pardon to an accomplice authorizes the Chief Judicial Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class to offer conditional pardon to a person concerned in an offence to obtain full and true disclosure; the Magistrate must record reasons and acceptance, the pardoned person must be examined as a witness and detained if not on bail, and acceptance followed by examination requires commitment or transfer of the case for trial to the appropriate court without further inquiry.

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