Section 430.   Suspension of sentence pending appeal; release of appellant on bail.

(1) Pending any appeal by a convicted person, the Appellate Court may, for
reasons to be recorded by it in writing, order that the execution of the sentence or order
appealed against be suspended and, also, if he is in confinement, that he be released on bail,
or on his own bond:
Provided that the Appellate Court shall, before releasing on bail or on his own bond
a convicted person who is convicted of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment
for life or imprisonment for a term of not less than ten years, shall give opportunity to the
Public Prosecutor for showing cause in writing against such release:
Provided further that in cases where a convicted person is released on bail it shall be
open to the Public Prosecutor to file an application for the cancellation of the bail.
(2) The power conferred by this section on an Appellate Court may be exercised also
by the High Court in the case of an appeal by a convicted person to a Court subordinate
thereto.
(3) Where the convicted person satisfies the Court by which he is convicted that he
intends to present an appeal, the Court shall,—
(i) where such person, being on bail, is sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding three years, or
(ii) where the offence of which such person has been convicted is a bailable
one, and he is on bail,
order that the convicted person be released on bail, unless there are special reasons for
refusing bail, for such period as will afford sufficient time to present the appeal and obtain
the orders of the Appellate Court under sub-section (1); and the sentence of imprisonment
shall, so long as he is so released on bail, be deemed to be suspended.
(4) When the appellant is ultimately sentenced to imprisonment for a term or to
imprisonment for life, the time during which he is so released shall be excluded in computing
the term for which he is so sentenced