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Inland Revenue Appellate Tribunal 2022 Constitution of Pakistan

2022 PTD 187

Double jeopardy / Protection against double punishment
MESSRS SHAHPOSH GARMENTS, GUJRANWALA
Appellant
VS
THE CIR ZONE-II, RTO, GUJRANWALA
Respondent

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Protection against double punishment and self-incrimination. Scope issuance of a notice regarding the same taxed amounts tantamount to double jeopardy which cannot be given legal credence but also offends and defies the fundamental rights set out in Art. 13 of the Constitution, which provides that no person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once. Doctrine of “double  jeopardy” which corresponds to the principle of “Autre Fois Acquit and Autre Fois Convict” always prohibits the duplicate trial and duplicate punishment for the same offence.