(1) The High Court or any Sessions Judge
may call for and examine the record of any proceeding before any inferior Criminal Court situate within its
or his local jurisdiction for the purpose of satisfying itself or himself as to the correctness, legality or
propriety of any finding, sentence or order, recorded or passed, and as to the regularity of any proceedings
of such inferior Court, and may, when calling, for such record, direct that the execution of any sentence or
order be suspended, and if the accused is in confinement that he be released on his own bond or bail bond
pending the examination of the record.
Explanation.—All Magistrates, whether Executive or Judicial, and whether exercising original or appellate jurisdiction, shall be deemed to be inferior to the Sessions Judge for the purposes of this subsection and of section 439.
(2) The powers of revision conferred by sub-section (1) shall not be exercised in relation to any interlocutory order passed in any appeal, inquiry, trial or other proceeding.
(3) If an application under this section has been made by any person either to the High Court or to the Sessions Judge, no further application by the same person shall be entertained by the other of them.
Explanation.—All Magistrates, whether Executive or Judicial, and whether exercising original or appellate jurisdiction, shall be deemed to be inferior to the Sessions Judge for the purposes of this subsection and of section 439.
(2) The powers of revision conferred by sub-section (1) shall not be exercised in relation to any interlocutory order passed in any appeal, inquiry, trial or other proceeding.
(3) If an application under this section has been made by any person either to the High Court or to the Sessions Judge, no further application by the same person shall be entertained by the other of them.