CrPC 381 — Appeal to Court of Session how heard

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Statutory text

(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), an appeal to the
Court of Session or Sessions Judge shall be heard by the Sessions Judge or by an Additional Sessions Judge:
Provided  that  an  appeal  against  a  conviction  on  a  trial  held  by  a  Magistrate  of  the  second  class  may  be  heard and disposed of by an Assistant Sessions Judge or a Chief Judicial Magistrate.
(2) An Additional Sessions Judge, Assistant Sessions Judge or a Chief Judicial Magistrate shall hear only such
appeals  as  the  Sessions  Judge  of  the  division  may,  by  general  or  special  order,  make  over  to  him  or  as  the  High Court may, by special order, direct him to hear.

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