Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Bill

In all cases where the punishment of death is authorised by law, the accused shall be tried by a court consisting of three Judges of the High Court.(2) The decision of the court may be arrived at unanimously or by majority and where the decision is that the accused is guilty, judgment shall be entered accordingly and the court shall proceed to pass sentence on the convicted person according to law either then or at a later time during the same Assizes.(3) If the three Judges of the High Court are unable to arrive at a decision either unanimously or by majority, the court may acquit the accused or discharge him, such discharge not amounting to an acquittal; in either case the accused may be tried before another court consisting of three Judges of the High Court other than those who had tried him previously.”.