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CHAPTER XXXI – APPEALS 413. No appeal to lie unless otherwise provided. No appeal shall lie from any judgment or order of a Criminal CourtRead More →

414. Appeal from orders requiring security or refusal to accept or rejecting surety for keeping peace or good behaviour. Any person: (i) who has beenRead More →

415. Appeals from convictions. (1) Any person convicted on a trial held by a High Court in its extraordinary original criminal jurisdiction may appeal toRead More →

416. No appeal in certain cases when accused pleads guilty. Notwithstanding anything in section 415, where an accused person has pleaded guilty and has beenRead More →

417. No appeal in petty cases. Notwithstanding anything in section 415, there shall be no appeal by a convicted person in any of the followingRead More →

418. Appeal by State Government against sentence. (1) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (2), the State Government may, in any case of conviction onRead More →

419. Appeal in case of acquittal. (1) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (2), and subject to the provisions of sub-sections (3) and (5): (a)Read More →

420. Appeal against conviction by High Court in certain cases. Where the High Court has, on appeal, reversed an order of acquittal of an accusedRead More →

421. Special right of appeal in certain cases. Notwithstanding anything in this Chapter, when more persons than one are convicted in one trial, and anRead More →

422. Appeal to Court of Session how heard. (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), an appeal to the Court of Session or SessionsRead More →

423. Petition of appeal. Every appeal shall be made in the form of a petition in writing presented by the appellant or his advocate, andRead More →

424. Procedure when appellant in jail. If the appellant is in jail, he may present his petition of appeal and the copies accompanying the sameRead More →

425. Summary dismissal of appeal. (1) If upon examining the petition of appeal and copy of the judgment received under section 423 or section 424,Read More →

426. Procedure for hearing appeals not dismissed summarily. (1) If the Appellate Court does not dismiss the appeal summarily, it shall cause notice of theRead More →

427. Powers of Appellate Court. After perusing such record and hearing the appellant or his advocate, if he appears, and the Public Prosecutor if heRead More →

428. Judgments of subordinate Appellate Court. The rules contained in Chapter XXIX as to the judgment of a Criminal Court of original jurisdiction shall apply,Read More →