MUMBAI: In a case of double jeopardy, a special court recently discharged a 39-year-old man in a fake currency case in the city after he was already convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the same offence in Lucknow. The judge ruled that a second trial against the accused, Girjesh Yadav, for the same set of facts was barred under the principle of ‘double jeopardy'. Yadav's nearly seven-year trial in Mumbai ended, though he remains convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in a parallel case in Lucknow. "For the same set of facts which are contended by the prosecution in this case, once the court at Lucknow has convicted this accused, Girjesh, for all the same offences and his conviction is even confirmed by the high court, now, this accused cannot be tried, much less convic

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