Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
374.Appeals from convictions.-
(1) Any person convicted on a trial held by a
High Court in its extraordinary original criminal jurisdiction may appeal to
the Supreme Court.
(2) Any person convicted on a trial held by a Sessions Judge or an Additional
Sessions Judge or on a trial held by any other Court in which a sentence of
imprisonment for more than seven years has been passed, may appeal to the High
Court.
(3) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (2), any person,-
(a) convicted on a trial held by a Metropolitan Magistrate or Assistant
Sessions Judge or Magistrate of the first class, or of the second class, or
(b) sentenced under section 325, or
(c) in respect of whom an order has been made or a sentence has been passed under
section 360 by any Magistrate, may appeal to the Court of Session.