Legal provisions regarding no appeal in petty cases under section 376 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
Section 376 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides that notwithstanding anything contained in Section 374, there shall be no appeal by a convicted person in any of the following cases, namely:
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(a) Where a High Court passes only a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or of fine not exceeding one thousand rupees, or of both such imprisonment and fine;
(b) Where a Court of Session or a Metropolitan Magistrate passes only a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or of fine not exceeding two hundred rupees, or of both such imprisonment and fine;
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(c) Where a Magistrate of the first class only a sentence of fine not exceeding one hundred rupees;
(d) Where, in a case tried summarily, a Magistrate empowered to act under Section 260 passes only a sentence of fine not exceeding two hundred rupees.
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However, an appeal may be brought against any such sentence if any other punishment is combined with it, but such sentence shall not be appealable merely on the grounds:
(i) That the person convicted is ordered to furnish security to keep the peace; or
(ii) That a direction for imprisonment in default of payment of fine is included in the sentence; or
(iii) That more than one sentence of fine is passed in the case, if the total amount of fine imposed does not exceed the amount herein before specified in respect of the, case.