Power to direct tender of pardon

Power to direct tender of pardon.-At any time after commitment, but before judgment is passed, the court to which the commitment is made may, with the view of obtaining on the trial the evidence of any person supposed to have been directly or indirectly concerned in, or privy to, any such offence, tender, or order the committing Magistrate or the Chief Judicial Magistrate to tender, a pardon on the same condition to such person.