214. (a) After the disciplinary penalty has been imposed on the basis of the conviction by a court, and if the conviction of the original court is quashed by an appeal court and the service personnel is acquitted, the departmental disciplinary penalty shall be reviewed. If the penalty is imposed on grounds of the conviction by the court other than misconduct, breach of disciplines, failure to fulfill a duty or breaking the law, such order may be quashed.
(b) In the case of the service personnel who has been imposed a penalty after instituting separate departmental disciplinary proceedings, even though the conviction of the original court of law is quashed by an appeal court and the service personnel is acquitted, the departmental disciplinary penalty needs not be quashed.
(c) Departmental disciplinary proceedings shall be instituted as appropriate after or without waiting for judgment of the court.