Double Jeopardy

Double jeopardy is a legal term.

There is a very famous Hollywood movie by this title. Just little digress.

A wife is charged with the murder of her husband. She pleads not guilty. She feels that some one is trying to implicate her in this case as she has not committed any murder.

However the court held that she is guilty and sentenced her.

After completing her jail term she vows to find out, the mystery behind this. She eventually found her husband alive in a far off place with a lady of his choice. She enticed him to a secluded spot and murders him.

The case goes to court. The judge held that she is guilty but let her off as she has already served the sentence for the same offence. For one and the same offence one person cannot be convicted again.

This is called double jeopardy.

For this state good vehicles which goes to other States and for the offences noticed in that state, if the permit holder paid the fine in that state, he cannot be made to compound the offence again in this state. That is precisely to say the fine paid at the other end would be suffice and he need not shell out again here.

Transport commissioner Chennai in Circular No. 13/94 in letter no G3/76251/94 dated 5.2.1994 stress this point.