Smt. Mamatha. H. K. v. Sri. Dinesh. C
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC CRL.A 1017/2024 (decided 16.12.2025, G Basavaraja J): complainant-victim appeal against acquittal in S.138 Negotiable Instruments Act case (C.C.No.34398/2021, XIII ACMM Bengaluru, acquitted 23.01.2024); filed under S.378(4) CrPC but held maintainable before Sessions Court under proviso to S.372 CrPC / proviso to S.413 BNSS 2023 per Celestium Financial v. A Gnanasekaran (2025 SCC OnLine SC 1320); appeal transferred to District & Sessions appellate court and to be renumbered; no merits adjudicated; corroborated by Charbel India (AP), Manorama Kankane and Lata Kisan Sewa Kendra (MP), Urmit Madrah, Neelam Sahu, Kirti Kurian (Chhattisgarh), Sidagondappa, T.H. Lenkappa, Ananya Enterprises (Karnataka), D.K. Associates (Delhi).
What did the court decide?
Appeal disposed of with directions: Registry to transfer the entire record, including requisitioned trial court copies, to the concerned Principal District & Sessions Judge for assignment to the appellate Court of Sessions and numbering as an appeal under the proviso to Section 413 BNSS, 2023; transferee court to issue notice to both parties; pending applications (including condonation of delay) to be transferred and considered there; appellate court requested to dispose expeditiously; appellant permitted to amend the cause-title; no observation on merits, rights left open.