BNSS 409 — Power of High Court to confirm sentence or annul conviction.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

In any case submitted under
section 407, the High Court—
(a) may confirm the sentence, or pass any other sentence warranted by law; or
(b) may annul the conviction, and convict the accused of any offence of which the Court of Session
might have convicted him, or order a new trial on the same or an amended charge; or
(c) may acquit the accused person:
Provided that no order of confirmation shall be  made under this section until the period allowed for
preferring  an  appeal  has  expired,  or,  if  an  appeal  is  presented  within  such  period,  until  such  appeal  is
disposed of.

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