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Section 420 BNSS — Appeal against conviction by High Court in certain cases

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Official PDF page 130

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420. Where the High Court has, on appeal, reversed an order of acquittal of an accused person and convicted him and sentenced him to death or to imprisonment for life or to imprisonment for a term of ten years or more, he may appeal to the Supreme Court.

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