PANDRANG ROW
Pandrang Row, J.
1. The District Judge of Vizagapatam made an order under Sections 476 and 195 of the Criminal Procedure Code directing that a complaint should be preferred charging one D.S. Raju Gupta, Managing Director, Bharathamatha Commonwealth Insurance Bank, Ltd., Vizagapatam, with offences punishable under Sections 465 and 467 read with Sections 109 and 471, Indian Penal Code. The person against whom the complaint has been ordered to be lodged presents an appeal from the order. A right of appeal is given by Section 476-B, Criminal Procedure Code, from the order in question, but it has been objected to by the office that the appeal should be filed on the civil side of this Court and not on the criminal side, in view of Rule 37 of the Criminal Rules of Practice and Orders, 1931. The Advocate for the appellant insists that he is entitled to file an appeal on the criminal side. The question is whether his contention is right. The learned Advocate has referred me to several important decisions which bear on the point, namely, Janardhana Rao v. Lakshmi Narasamma AIR1934Mad52 , Dhanpat Ram I.L.R. (1931)13 Lah. 342 and Emperor v. Bhatu Sadu I.L.R. (1938) Bom. 331 . These Full Be
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