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Section 416 BNSS — No appeal in certain cases when accused pleads guilty

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Official PDF page 128

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416. Notwithstanding anything in section 415, where an accused person has pleaded guilty and has been convicted on such plea, there shall be no appeal,—

(i) if the conviction is by a High Court; or

(ii) if the conviction is by a Court of Session or Magistrate of the first or second class, except as to the extent or legality of the sentence.

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