Amnesty - Indian Laws - General

Amnesty As per Black s Law Dictionary , 4th Edition AMNESTY. A sovereign act of oblivion for past acts, granted by a government to all persons (or to certain persons) who have been guilty of crime or delict, generally political offenses, treason, sedition, rebellion, and often conditioned upon their return to obedience and duty within a prescribed time. A general pardon or proclamation of such par-don from subjects offenses against the government; while usually exerted in behalf of certain classes of persons, subject to trial, but not convicted, it is not confined to such cases. A declaration of the person or persons who have newly acquired or recovered the sovereign power in a state, by which they pardon all persons who composed, supported, or obeyed the government which has been overthrowti.