Sohan Singh v. State of Punjab and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Sohan Singh v. State of Punjab and others, CRM-A-494-2023 (O&M), High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh (Anoop Chitkara, J. author; Sukhvinder Kaur, J. on bench), decided 19.05.2026 — complainant's application for leave to appeal against acquittal referred to the Sessions Court for registration as a victim's appeal under the proviso to S. 372 CrPC / S. 413 BNSS, 2023, applying Celestium Financial v. A. Gnanasekaran, 2025(3) RCR(Criminal) 208 (decided 08.04.2025); S. 413 BNSS, 2023 held analogous to S. 372 CrPC, 1973; CrPC, 1973 noted as repealed. Keywords: victim's right of appeal, proviso to Section 372 CrPC, Section 413 BNSS, Section 138 cheque-dishonour complaint, leave to appeal, acquittal, transfer/registration of appeal, Sessions Court, equity justice fair play.
What did the court decide?
Leave to appeal disposed of with a direction referring the matter to the Sessions Court for registration as an appeal under the Proviso to S. 372 CrPC/413 BNSS, 2023 (or, if objected, under the Proviso to S. 413 BNSS, 2023, the CrPC 1973 having been repealed); Registry to send the file with the trial court's record, if any, to the concerned Sessions Division; all pending applications, if any, closed.