Insertion of new section 148-Power of Appellate Court to order payment pending appeal against conviction

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....er payment pending appeal against conviction. ''148. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), in an appeal by the drawer against conviction under section 138, the Appellate Court may order the appellant to deposit such sum which shall be a minimum of twenty per cent. of the fine or compensation awarded by the trial Court: Provided that the amoun....