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Pardoning Power of President and Governor. Article 72 of the Constitution empowers the President to grant pardons to persons who have been tried and convicted of any offences in all cases where the 1. Punishment or sentence is by a court martial; 2. Punishment or sentence is for offence against a Union Law; 3. Sentence is a sentence of death. The pardoning Power of the President is independent of the Judiciary;it is an executive power. But the President while exercising this power, does not sit as a court of appeal. The object of conferring this power on the President is two fold: (a) to keep the door open for correcting any judicial errors in the operation of law; and (b) to afford relief from a sentence, which the President regards as unduly harsh.