Appeal against conviction by High Court in certain cases
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Summary
When the High Court, on appeal, reverses an acquittal and convicts the accused and sentences them to death, life imprisonment, or ten years or more, the accused may appeal to the Supreme Court. The right to appeal arises only in cases with those specified sentences. The effect is a direct appellate route to the Supreme Court.
Example
Ravi was acquitted at trial, but on appeal the High Court reversed the acquittal and sentenced him to 12 years’ imprisonment. Under this section Ravi may file an appeal to the Supreme Court against that conviction and sentence.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhere the High Court has, on appeal reversed an order of acquittal of an accused person and convicted him and sentenced him to death or to imprisonment for life or to imprisonment for a term often years or more, he may appeal to the Supreme Court.
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