M/S Amar Steel Shuttering Store v. Sardar Harbhajan Singh Contractor
Case brief
What is this about?
CRM-A-226-MA-2018, High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh, decided 22.09.2025 by Aman Chaudhary, J. (oral). M/s Amar Steel Shuttering Store (applicant-appellant/complainant) vs. Sardar Harbhajan Singh Contractor (respondent). Application under S.378(4) CrPC for leave to appeal against acquittal dated 07.09.2017 in a S.138/142 NI Act cheque-discharge complaint tried by JMFC, Panipat. Following M/s Celestium Financial vs. A. Gnanasekaran, 2025 SCC OnLine 1320 (appeal by complainant/'victim' maintainable under proviso to S.372 CrPC; corresponding S.413 BNSS 2023), the Court disposed of the appeal by directing the Sessions Judge to treat it as filed under S.372 CrPC and assign it to the concerned Court for decision; Registry to transmit record. Keywords: leave to appeal, acquittal, NI Act S.138, victim, S.372 CrPC proviso, S.413 BNSS, Celestium Financial.
What did the court decide?
Application/appeal disposed of with direction to the concerned Sessions Judge to treat it as filed under Section 372 CrPC and assign it to the Court concerned for decision; registry to transmit paper-book and trial court record forthwith and inform the parties.