Rewati @ Rawati v. Dayanand
Case brief
What is this about?
Victim/complainant appeal against acquittal; proviso to Section 372 CrPC versus Section 378(4) CrPC; S. 413 BNSS 2023 held analogous to S. 372 CrPC 1973; Section 138 cheque dishonour; Celestium Financial v. A. Gnanasekaran, 2025(3) RCR(Criminal) 208 (SC) relied on; transfer of appeal to first Appellate Court/Sessions Court; CrPC 1973 repealed; High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh; CRM-A-979-2023 (O&M); decided 19.05.2026; Anoop Chitkara J. and Sukhvinder Kaur J.; applicant Rewati @ Rawati (complainant, counsel Manish Mehta); respondent Dayanand (accused); Criminal Complaint COMI/487-2013 decided 02.02.2023; leave to appeal disposed; equity, justice and fair play; registry to send trial court record to Sessions Division.
What did the court decide?
Leave to appeal disposed of with directions to refer the matter to the Sessions Court for registration as an appeal under the Proviso to S. 372 CrPC/413 BNSS, 2023 (and under the Proviso to S. 413 BNSS, 2023 if any objection as to CrPC or BNSS), with the Registry to send the file with the Trial Court's Record, if any, to the concerned Sessions Division; pending applications closed.