(1) If the Appellate Court does not dismiss the appeal summarily, it shall cause notice of the time and place at which such appeal will be heard to be given-
(i) to the appellant or his pleader;
(ii) to such officer as the State Government may appoint in this behalf;
(iii) if the appeal is from a judgment of conviction in a case instituted upon complaint, to the complainant;
(iv) if the appeal is under section 377 or section 378, to the accused, and shall also furnish such officer, complainant and accused with a copy of the grounds of appeal.
(2) The Appellate Court shall then send for the record of the case, if such record is not already available in that Court, and hear the parties:
Provided that if the appeal is only as to the extent or the legality of the sentence, the Court may dispose of the appeal without sending for the record.
(3) Where the only ground for appeal from a conviction is the alleged severity
of the sentence, the appellant shall not, except with the leave of the Court,
urge or be heard in support of any other ground.
Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)
381 CrPC Appeal to Court of Session how heard
383 CrPC Procedure when appellant in jail
384 CrPC Summary dismissal of appeal
385 CrPC Procedure for hearing appeals not dismissed summarily
386 CrPC Powers of the Appellate Court
387 CrPC Judgments of Subordinate Appellate Court
388 CrPC Order of High Court on appeal to be certified to lower Court
389 CrPC Suspension of sentence pending the appeal; release of appellant on bail