law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  
  385.Procedure for hearing appeals not dismissed summarily.-
  (1) If the Appellate Court does not dismiss
  
  the appeal summarily, it shall cause notice of the time and place at which such
  
  appeal will be heard to be given-
  (i) to the appellant or his pleader;
  (ii) to such officer as the State Government may appoint in this behalf;
  (iii) if the appeal is from a judgment of conviction in a case instituted upon
  
  complaint, to the complainant;
  (iv) if the appeal is under section 377 or section 378, to the accused, and
  
  shall also furnish such officer, complainant and accused with a copy of the
  
  grounds of appeal.
  (2) The Appellate Court shall then send for the record of the case, if such
  
  record is not already available in that Court, and hear the parties:
  
  Provided that if the appeal is only as to the extent or the legality of
  
  the sentence, the Court may dispose of the appeal without sending for the
  
  record.
  (3) Where the only ground for appeal from a conviction is the alleged severity
  
  of the sentence, the appellant shall not, except with the leave of the Court,
  
  urge or be heard in support of any other ground.