Explanation:

• Article 72 of the Constitution of India empowers the President to grant pardons, reprieves, respites, or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit, or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offense.
• This power extends to all cases where the punishment or sentence is by a court-martial, and in all cases where the punishment or sentence is for an offense against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the Union extends.