CrPC § 408 — Appeal from sentence of Assistant Sessions Judge or [Judicial] Magistrate

Statutory text (English)

Any person
convicted on a trial held by an Assistant Sessions Judge, 3[or a Judicial Magistrate], 4[Special Magistrate], or
any person sentenced under section 3495* * * may appeal to the Court of Session:

Provided as follows:-
6* * * * * * *
(b) When in any case an Assistant Sessions Judge or a Magistrate specially empowered under
section 30 passes any sentence of imprisonment for a term exceeding four years,
* * * the
appeal
[of all or any of the accused convicted at such trial] shall lie to the High Court ;
(c) when any person is convicted by a Magistrate of an offence under section 124A of the Pakistan
Penal Code (XLV of 1860), the appeal shall lie to the High Court.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.408: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 153, 154, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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