197. Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings

If the accused though not insane cannot be made to understand the proceedings, the court may proceed with the inquiry or trial and, in the case of a court other than the High Court, if the inquiry results in a commitment or if the trial results in a conviction, the proceedings shall be forwarded to the High Court with a report of the circumstances of the case and the High Court shall make thereon such order or pass such sentence as it thinks fit.[196