Dear friends! Let us share our views on applicability of principles of limitation in criminal matters. Under civil law satisfying a time barred claim is not barred. The principle is: only remedy is barred and right does not extinguishes.
In a criminal case where an accused surrenders and confesses and prays for punishment to him for an offence, which has become time barred u/s 468 Cr.P.C. , whether his application is maintainable?
