Case brief
What is this about?
Punjab & Haryana High Court, CRM-A-173-2024 (O&M), decided September 05, 2025, Ramesh Kumari J. (Oral). Leave to appeal against acquittal in Section 138 NI Act complaint case; complainant as 'victim' under Section 2(wa) Cr.P.C.; appeal maintainable under proviso to Section 372 Cr.P.C. without special leave under Section 378(4) Cr.P.C.; Celestium Financial (2025 INSC 804) followed; Rajat Deep (CRM-A1320-MA-2016, decided 21.07.2025) relied on; appeal to be decided expeditiously notwithstanding delay in filing; Registry to transmit order and return trial Court record.
What did the court decide?
Application disposed of with directions: the learned Sessions Judge to treat the present appeal as an appeal under the proviso to Section 372 Cr.P.C. and assign it to an appropriate Court for disposal on merits; the Appellate Court to decide the appeal expeditiously without being impeded by delay in filing; Registry to transmit the order with the complete paper book and return the trial Court record to the learned Sessions Judge.