Mahavir Singh v. Bimla Devi @ Bimla

$~34 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.L.P. 175/2025, CRL.M.A. 7806-7807/2025 MAHAVIR SINGH .....Petitioner Through:

Mr. Aman Panwar, Mr. Abhinav Kumar and Mr. Piyush Wadhwa, Advocates.

versus BIMLA DEVI @ BIMLA .....Respondent Through:

None

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA

O R D E R

% 11.08.2025 1.

The present Criminal Leave Petition under Section 378(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, read with Section 419(4) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed on behalf of the Petitioner, against the impugned Judgment dated 24.09.2024 of learned JMFC (NI Act)-03, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi in Complaint Case No. 9812/2020 vide which the Respondent has been acquitted in the Complaint under Section 138 of N.I. Act.

2.

In view of the Judgment of Celestium Financial vs. A. Gnanasekaran, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1320 and Order of this Court in Crl.L.P.215/2021 dated 23.07.2025, the present matter is disposed of with direction that the present Petition be treated as an Appeal under the proviso to Section 372 of the Cr.P.C and numbered accordingly.

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3.

In case there is Application pending for Condonation of Delay, the same be also transferred along with the entire record to be considered by the learned ASJ in accordance with law.

4.

The Registry is directed to transfer entire record of the case including the requisitioned copy of TCR, to the Learned Principal District & Sessions Judge, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi, for marking it to the concerned Appellate Court/ learned ASJ, on 18.09.2025.

5.

The parties are directed to appear before the concerned learned Principal District & Sessions Judge on 18.09.2025. 6.

It is hereby, clarified that there are no observations as to the merits of the case. All rights and contentions of the parties are left open to be agitated before the Court concerned.

7.

In view of the above, the present Appeal is disposed of along with the pending Application(s), if any.

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