Article 20(2) of the Constitution of India provides that no person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once. This embodies the principle of -

Article 20(2) of the Constitution guarantees protection against double jeopardy by providing that no person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once. For the guarantee to operate there must have been a prosecution and a punishment, and the second proceeding must relate to the same offence. Article 20(1) bars retrospective criminal legislation, while Article 20(3) protects a person accused of an offence from being compelled to be a witness against himself. Res judicata and natural justice are general procedural doctrines and are not enacted in Article 20. Since the clause expressly states the rule against being punished twice for the same offence, the principle of double jeopardy is the correct answer.