The respective fora for appeals

The Table below shows the respective fora for appeals from various categories of Criminal Courts

Trial Court                                                  Appellate Court

(i) High Court                        (a) from conviction in extraordinary criminal

                                                            Jurisdiction, Supreme Court;

                                           (b) from conviction and sentence to death in cases

                                                withdrawn to itself Supreme Court under     

                                                 Article 134 (b) of the Constitution; in other                                                                                                                                                                           

                                                Cases, the Supreme Court under the Supreme

                                                Court (Enlargement of Jurisdiction) Act;

                                              (C) other cases, on certificate, under Article, 134

                                                    (1)(c); on leave of the Supreme Court under

                                                      Article 136 of the Constitution; subject to

                                                      Exception in Sections 375(b), 376(a);

(ii) Sessions Judge                         High Court from conviction and sentence of

     and Additional Sessions Judge     imprisonment over seven years;

(iii) Assistant Sessions Judge          Sessions Judge; subject to exception as

                                                       contained in the code;

(iv) Any judicial or Metropolitan Magistrate -  Sessions Judge, from conviction or

                                          sentence subject to exceptions as permitted in                                                 the Code.