Smt. Seema Soni v. Smt. Meenakshi Sahu
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur (neutral citation 2025:CGHC:45328) - ACQA No. 60 of 2024, decided 04.09.2025 by Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal. Complainant's acquittal appeal under Section 413 BNSS against judgment dated 30.11.2023 of JMFC Raipur in Criminal Complaint Case No. 1103/2020 acquitting the accused under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. Appeal disposed of in view of Celestium Financial, 2025 INSC 804, reserving liberty to file a fresh appeal within 60 days; limitation not to be pressed if filed within time. Keywords: Section 138 NI Act; Section 413 BNSS; proviso to Section 372 Cr.P.C.; victim; Section 2(y) BNSS; Section 2(wa) Cr.P.C.; Celestium Financial; acquittal appeal; liberty; limitation.
What did the court decide?
Appeal disposed of reserving liberty to the appellant to file an appeal within 60 days from receipt of a copy of the order before the appropriate Court; if filed within that time, limitation not to be insisted upon; Registry directed to return the certified copy of the impugned judgment and relevant documents to appellant's counsel and to send the record back to the concerned Court.