Chapter VIII - RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN CERTAIN MATTERS AND PROCEDURE FOR ATTACHMENT AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY (From Section 111 to Section 124)
Appeal against sentence: State or Central Government may direct prosecutor to challenge inadequacy; accused must get chance to show cause. Appeal against sentence: the State Government may direct the Public Prosecutor to appeal on grounds of inadequacy-Magistrate sentences to the Court of Session and other courts' sentences to the High Court; where a central agency investigated the offence, the Central Government may also direct such appeals. The appellate court shall not enhance sentence without giving the accused a reasonable opportunity of showing cause, during which the accused may plead for acquittal or reduction. Appeals in respect of specified offences must be disposed of within a prescribed time-bound period.
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Appeal against sentence: State or Central Government may direct prosecutor to challenge inadequacy; accused must get chance to show cause.
Appeal against sentence: the State Government may direct the Public Prosecutor to appeal on grounds of inadequacy-Magistrate sentences to the Court of Session and other courts' sentences to the High Court; where a central agency investigated the offence, the Central Government may also direct such appeals. The appellate court shall not enhance sentence without giving the accused a reasonable opportunity of showing cause, during which the accused may plead for acquittal or reduction. Appeals in respect of specified offences must be disposed of within a prescribed time-bound period.
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