Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
384.Summary dismissal of appeal.-
(1) If upon examining the petition of appeal
and copy of the judgment received under section 382 or section 383, the
Appellate Court considers that there is no sufficient ground for interfering,
it may dismiss the appeal summarily:
Provided that-
(a) no appeal presented under section 382
shall be dismissed unless the appellant or his pleader has had a reasonable
opportunity of being heard in support of the same;
(b) no appeal presented under section 383
shall be dismissed except after giving the appellant a reasonable opportunity
of being heard in support of the same, unless the Appellate Court considers
that the appeal is frivolous or that the production of the accused in custody
before the Court would involve such inconvenience as would be disproportionate
in the circumstances of the case;
(c) no appeal presented under section 383
shall be dismissed summarily until the period allowed for preferring such
appeal has expired.
(2) Before dismissing an appeal under this section, the Court may call for the
record of the case.
(3) Where the Appellate Court dismissing an appeal under this section is a
Court of Session or of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, it shall record its
reasons for doing so.
(4) Where an appeal presented under section 383 has been dismissed summarily
under this section and the Appellate Court finds that another petition of
appeal duly presented under section 382 on behalf of the same appellant has not
been considered by it, that Court may, notwithstanding anything contained in
section 393, if satisfied that it is necessary in the interests of justice so
to do, hear and dispose of such appeal in accordance with law.