Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Section - 384 - Summary dismissal of appeal

Summary dismissal of appeal.

384. (1) If upon examining the petition of appeal and copy of the judgment received under section 382 or section 383, the Appellate Court considers that there is no sufficient ground for interfering, it may dismiss the appeal summarily :

Provided that-

(a)	-	no appeal presented under section 382 shall be dismissed unless the appellant or his pleader has had a reasonable opportunity of being heard in support of the same;
(b)	-	no appeal presented under section 383 shall be dismissed except after giving the appellant a reasonable opportunity of being heard in support of the same, unless the Appellate Court considers that the appeal is frivolous or that the production of the accused in custody before the Court would involve such inconvenience as would be disproportionate in the circumstances of the case;
(c)	-	no appeal presented under section 383 shall be dismissed summarily until the period allowed for preferring such appeal has expired.