The Code of Criminal Procedure

S.No.	List of Doctrines/Maxims	Meaning	Section Number
1	Generalia Specialibus Non Derogant	General things do not derogate special things	Section 5
2	Crimen Trahit Personam	The crime carries the person	Section 177
3	In limine	At the outset, on the threshold	Section 190
4	Majus continet in se minus	The greater contains the less	Section 222
5	In absentia	In the absence of the person involved	Section 273
6	Nemobis punitur poreo dem delicto	No one can be punished twice for the same crime	Section 300
7	Autrefois acquit and autrefois convict	A person has been previously acquitted/convicted in respect of the same offence.	Section 300
8	Rule against Double Jeopardy	No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once.	Section 300
9	Audi alteram partem	Accused gets a fair chance to defend himself.	Section 313
10	Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitor	Judge is condemned when guilty is acquitted	Section 319
11	In camera	In private	Section 327
12	Nemo debet esse judex in propria sua causa	No man can be a judge in his own case	Section 352

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