Reference to High Court, Disposal of case according to decision of High Court and Calling for records to exercise powers of revision are defined under Section 395, 396 and 397 of CRPC 1973. Provisions under these sections are:
Section 395 of CRPC "Reference to High Court"
(1) Where any Court is satisfied that a case pending before it involves a question as to the validity of any Act, Ordinance or Regulation or of any provision contained in an Act, Ordinance or Regulation, the determination of which is necessary for the disposal of the case, and is of opinion that such Act, Ordinance, Regulation or provision is invalid or inoperative but has not been so declared by the High Court to which that Court is Subordinate or by the Supreme Court, the Court shall state a case setting out its opinion and the reasons therefore, and refer the same for the decision of the High Court.
Explanation-- In this section, "Regulation" means any
Regulation as defined in the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10
of 1897), or in the General Clauses Act of a State.
(2) A Court of Session or a Metropolitan Magistrate may, if
it or he thinks fit in any case pending before it or him to
which the provisions of sub-section (1) do not apply, refer
for the decision of the High Court any question of law
arising in the hearing of such case.
(3) Any Court making a reference to the High Court under
sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) may, pending decision of
the High Court thereon, either commit the accused to jail or
release him on bail to appear when called upon.
Section 396 of CRPC "Disposal of case according to decision of High Court"
(1) When a question has been so referred, the High Court
shall pass such order thereon as it thinks fit, and shall
cause a copy of such order to be sent to the Court by which
the reference was made, which shall dispose of the case
conformably to the said order.
(2) The High Court may direct by whom the costs of such
reference shall be paid.
Section 397 of CRPC "Calling for records to exercise powers of revision"
(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; 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 bail or on his own 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 sub-section and of Section 398.
(2) The powers of revision conferred by sub-section (1)
shall not be exercised in relation to any interlocutor 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.
REFERENCE AND REVISION
TRANSFER OF CRIMINAL CASES