(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (4); the
Provincial 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.
(2) 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
leave to appeal from the order of acquittal, the complainant may present such an appeal
to the High Court.
(2-A) A person aggrieved by the order of acquittal passed by any Court-.-other than a High
Court, may, within thirty days, file an appeal against such order.
(3) No application under sub-section (2) for the grant of special leave to appeal from an
order of acquittal shall be entertained by the High Court after the expiry of sixty days
from: the date of that order,
(4) If, in any case, the application under sub-section (2) for the grant of special leave to
appeal from an order of acquittal is refused no appeal from that order of acquittal shall
lie under sub-section (1).