(1.) The questions which arise for determination in these cases are as follows:-
(2.) In order to answer the aforesaid questions a discussion as to evolution of the right to appeal against an order of acquittal in a criminal case under the Code of Criminal Procedure may be apposite.
(3.) The right of appeal against an order of acquittal was expressly barred in the Code of Criminal Procedure as enacted in 1861. Sec. 407 of the said Code, inter alia, provided as follows:-