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(1) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (2), and subject to the provisions of sub-sections (3) and (5),— (a) the District Magistrate may, in any case, direct the Public Prosecutor to present an appeal to the Court of Session from an order of acquittal passed by a Magistrate in respect of a cognizable and non-bailable offence; (b) the State Government may, in any case, direct the Public Prosecutor to present an appeal to the High Court from an original or appellate order of acquittal passed by any Court other than a High Court not being an order under clause (a) or an order of acquittal passed by the Court of Session in revision. (2) If such an order of acquittal is passed in a case in which the offence has been investigated by any agency empowered to make investigation into an offence under any Central Act other than this Sanhita, the Central Government may, subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), also direct the Public Prosecutor to present an appeal— (a) to the Court of Session, from an order of acquittal passed by a Magistrate in respect of a cognizable and non-bailable offence; (b) to the High Court from an original or appellate order of an acquittal passed by any Court other than a High Court not being an order under clause (a) or an order of acquittal passed by the Court of Session in revision. (3) No appeal to the High Court under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall be entertained except with the leave of the High Court. (4) If such an order of acquittal is passed in any case instituted upon complaint and the High Court, on an application made to it by the complainant in this behalf, grants special Appeal by State Government against sentence. Appeal in case of acquittal. Sec. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 129 ___________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Sec. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 129 (i) ꯃꯗꯨꯗꯤꯃꯔꯥꯜꯁꯤꯈ꯭ꯔꯕꯃꯤꯑꯣꯏꯑꯗꯨꯕꯨꯁꯥꯟꯇꯤꯊꯝꯅꯕꯒꯤꯗꯃꯛꯆꯦꯛꯁꯤꯟꯊꯧꯔꯥꯡꯄꯤꯅꯕꯌꯥꯊꯪꯄꯤ; ꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒ (ii) ꯐꯥꯏꯟꯄꯤꯗꯕꯃꯇꯝꯗꯐꯥꯖꯤꯟꯗꯨꯅꯊꯝꯕꯒꯤꯂꯝꯖꯤꯡꯕꯑꯁꯤꯋꯥꯌꯦꯜꯑꯗꯨꯗꯌꯥꯎꯍꯟꯒꯅꯤ; ꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒ (iii) ꯀꯔꯤꯒꯨꯝꯕꯊꯥꯖꯤꯟꯈ꯭ꯔꯕꯐꯥꯏꯟꯒꯤꯑꯄꯨꯟꯕꯁꯦꯟꯐꯝꯑꯗꯨꯅꯀꯦꯁꯑꯗꯨꯒꯤꯃꯇꯥꯡꯗꯃꯃꯥꯡꯗꯄꯟꯈ꯭ꯔꯤꯕꯁꯦꯟꯐꯝ ꯑꯗꯨꯗꯒꯤꯍꯦꯟꯗꯣꯛꯇ꯭ꯔꯕꯗꯤ, ꯀꯦꯁꯑꯗꯨꯗꯐꯥꯏꯟꯒꯤꯋꯥꯌꯦꯜꯗꯑꯃꯗꯒꯤꯍꯦꯟꯅꯄꯤꯒꯅꯤ꯫