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We are of opinion that the jurisdiction of an Appellate Court to order a person who has been convicted of one of the offences mentioned in
Sub-section (1) of Section 103 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is not restricted to cases where the conviction was by one of the courts
specified in the Sub-section The words ""an Appellate Court,"" are quite general and the word ""also"" indicates that the powers given by the section
may be exercised by the courts mentioned in Sub-section (1) and by any Appellate Court.
We think the words "" under this section"" in Sub-section (3) have reference to the powers given by the section and not to the courts by which
these powers are, in the first instance, exerciseable. We are unable to agree with the decision in Muthiah Chetty v. Emperor ILR (1905) M. 190
and in the other cases referred to in the order of reference in which that decision was followed. We would answer the question which has been
referred to us in the affirmative.