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CHAPTER XXIX APPEALS

Section 383: Procedure when appellant in jail

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

If the appellant is in jail, he may present his petition of appeal and the copies accompanying the same to the officer in charge of the jail, who shall thereupon forward such petition and copies to the proper Appellate Court.

State Amendment (as printed in the official text)

Andaman and Nicobar Islands (U.T.).

In section 383, the following words shall be inserted at the end, namely: —

“or if, by reason of the weather, transport or other difficulties, it is not possible to forward them to the proper Appellate Court they shall be forwarded to the Administrator or an Executive Magistrate, not below the rank of a Sub-Divisional Magistrate, who shall, on receipt of such petition of appeal and copies, record thereon the date of receipt thereof and thereafter forward the same to the proper Appellate Court.”.

[Vide Andaman and Nicobar Islands (U.T.). Act 1 of 1974, s. 5.]

Now in the BNSS

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

383. Procedure when appellant in jail.BNSS 424

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