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Section 368 - Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
368.Power of High Court to confirm sentence or annul conviction.-
In any case submitted under section 366, 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.
Related Sections
- Section 482: Saving of inherent powers of High Court
- Section 458: Procedure where no claimant appears within six months
- Section 253: Conviction on plea of guilty in absence of accused in petty cases
- Section 45: Protection of members of the Armed Forces from arrest
- Section 86: Appeal from order rejecting application for restoration of attached property
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