Sri E C Koti Reddy v. Sri R Anand Murthy
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court (S Rachaiyah J), CRL.A No. 2031 of 2025, NC: 2026:KHC:34029, decided 07-07-2026. Maintainability of complainant's appeal under S.378(4) CrPC against acquittal under S.138 NI Act (CC 1287/2023, Gawribidanur); Celestium Financial Vs. A. Gnanasekaran Etc., 2025 SCC Online SC 1320 followed; victim-complainant to appeal under S.372 CrPC before Sessions Court; appeal held not maintainable before High Court and transferred to jurisdictional Appellate Court/Sessions Court; parties to appear on 05.08.2026; appeal disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Appeal transferred to the jurisdictional Appellate Court/Sessions Court as not maintainable before the High Court; parties directed to appear before the Sessions Court on 05.08.2026 without further notice; Registry directed to transmit the entire appeal papers including the appeal memo; liberty granted to appellant's counsel to amend the cause title and provisions; pending I.As. disposed of; appeal disposed of for statistical purposes.