V.Thiyagarajan v. S.Babu
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: appeal against acquittal; Section 378 Cr.P.C.; proviso to Section 372 Cr.P.C.; Section 378(4) Cr.P.C.; Section 413 BNSS 2023; victim's right to prefer appeal; jurisdiction of criminal appeal; Celestium Financial v. A. Gnanasekaran; MANU/SC/0823/2025; S.T.C.No.144/2020; Additional District Munsif-Cum-Judicial Magistrate, Ambur; acquittal dated 14.12.2023. Summary: Single-judge order of the Madras High Court (C. Saravanan J., 03-06-2026) dismissing CRL A No. 252 of 2024 because the jurisdictional issue stood concluded by the Supreme Court's 08.04.2025 decision in Celestium Financial, while granting liberty to pursue the remedy afresh under the proviso to Section 372 Cr.P.C./Section 413 BNSS 2023.
What did the court decide?
Liberty granted to the appellant to approach the jurisdictional Appellate Court under the proviso to Section 372 of the Cr.P.C. (Section 413 of the BNSS, 2023).