No appeal in petty cases.
What this section does
No appeal lies by a convicted person in petty cases where the sentence imposed falls below specified thresholds: imprisonment not exceeding three months or fine not exceeding one thousand rupees by a High Court; imprisonment not exceeding three months or fine not exceeding two hundred rupees by a Court of Session; fine not exceeding one hundred rupees by a first class Magistrate; or fine not exceeding two hundred rupees in a summary trial. An appeal is permissible if another punishment is combined with such a sentence, but not merely because of an order to furnish security, a default imprisonment direction, or multiple fines whose total does not exceed the specified limit.
AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).
Procedure at a glance
- Key actors
- Convicted person · High Court · Court of Session · Magistrate of the first class · Magistrate empowered under section 283
- Time limit
- None specified
Derived from CrPC s.376.
Read the official text
For the binding statutory text of BNSS Section 417, refer to the Gazette of India or the India Code official website.
Why this matters
BNSS Section 417 forms part of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita which replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 on 1 July 2024. Any new filing, FIR, charge sheet, or bail application made on or after that date should cite the new section number. References to the old act in legacy documents remain valid for matters that arose before the changeover.