Ajit Singh Rana v. Devi Ram Saini and Ors.
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What is this about?
Punjab & Haryana High Court, CRM-A-1331-MA-2014 (O&M), decided 21.05.2026 (Anoop Chitkara J.; Sukhvinder Kaur J.). Leave-to-appeal application by complainant Ajit Singh Rana against trial-court acquittal of accused/respondents (Devi Ram Saini & Ors.) in Criminal No. 63 of 2008 (Complaint, decided 12.06.2014); convict's appeal already pending before Sessions Court, Ferozepur. Court holds S. 413 BNSS 2023 analogous to S. 372 CrPC 1973 and, relying on Celestium Financial v. A. Gnanasekaran, 2025(3) RCR(Criminal) 208 (SC, 08.04.2025), transfers/refers the matter to the Sessions Court for registration as an appeal under the Proviso to S. 372 CrPC/413 BNSS 2023 (defaulting to Proviso to S. 413 BNSS 2023, CrPC 1973 repealed), sparing the complainant a fresh appeal. Keywords: leave to appeal; acquittal; victim/complainant appeal rights; transfer of appeal; proviso to Section 372 CrPC; Section 378(4) CrPC; Section 413 BNSS 2023; CrPC-BNSS transition; Celestium Financial; Sessions Court Ferozepur; offence under 'Section 138 of the Act' (as quoted in cited SC extract); equity justice fair play; speaking/reasoned: yes; reportable: no.