259. Appeal under section 258

the verdict should be set aside on the ground that it is unsafe or unsatisfactory;

the order of the Syariah Court giving effect to the verdict should be set aside on the ground of a wrong decision of any question of law; or

there was a material irregularity in the course of the trial, and in any other case shall dismiss the appeal.

an appeal under section 258 would be allowed; and

none of the grounds for allowing it relates to the question of the insanity of the appellant,

if the ground, or one of the grounds, for allowing the appeal is that the finding as to the insanity of the appellant ought not to stand and the Syariah Appeal Court is of opinion that the proper verdict would have been that he was guilty of an offence (whether the offence charged or any other offence of which the Syar'ie Judge could have found him guilty). the Syariah Appeal Court shall -

substitute for the verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity a verdict of guilty of that offence; and

have the like powers of punishing or otherwise dealing with the appellant, and other powers, as the trial court would have had if the Syar'ie Judge had come to the substituted verdict; and

in any other case, the Syariah Appeal Court shall substitute for the verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity a verdict of acquittal.