2002 (9) TMI 891

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....petitioner is that respondents 1 to 3 are not taking any steps for registering crime against the fourth respondent on the basis of Annexure I and Annexure II petitions. This petition is filed for giving direction to respondents 1 to 3 to register crime against the fourth respondent and to investigate the same. Annexure I is a petition given before the Superintendent of Police (Rural) Thiruvanantha....

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....a period of two years. Petitioner gave a complaint in the City Police Station, Abu Dhabi against the fourth respondent and three others and on the basis of the complaint, charges were framed against them and they were tried in Abu Dhabi Federal First Instance Court. After taking evidence, they were found guilty and were convicted and sentenced to undergo imprisonment. 3. According to the learned ....

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.... be there only when a person has once been tried by a court of competent jurisdiction for an offence and has been convicted or acquitted of such offence and he is going to be tried again for the same offence. Here, the allegation in Annexure I complaint given by the petitioner is not regarding the commission of the offence for which he had already been convicted in a foreign country. Annexure III ....

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.... outside India and the person who committed the offence being a citizen of India is being dealt with in respect of such offence as if it had been committed within India Section 300 has no application. Article 20(2) of the Constitution of India says that no person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once. There also what is said is about prosecution and punishment for th....