Appeal from sentence of Joint Sessions Judge and Magistrates of the first class

⁴⁴⁷[Any person convicted on a trial held by a Joint Sessions Judge,Metropolitan Magistrate or any Judicial Magistrate of the first class, may appeal to the Sessions Judge:

Provided as Follws :

(a)When in any case a Joint Sessions Judge passes any sentence of imprisonment for a term exceeding five years, the appeal of all or any of the convicted persons shall lie to the High Court Division;

(b)When any person is convicted by a Metropolitan Magistrate or Judicial Magistrate specially empowered to try an offence under section 124A of the Penal Code, the appeal shall lie to the High Court Division.]