law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  
  389.Suspension of sentence pending the 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.
  (2) The power conferred by this section on an Appellate Court may be exercised
  
  also by the High Court in 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.