JUDGMENT :

Manisha Batra, J.

1. The instant application under Section 378(4) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short 'Cr.P.C.') has been moved by applicant Mohinder Singh with a prayer for grant of leave to file appeal against judgment of acquittal dated 23.02.2017 passed by Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Batala in complaint case No.9 of 2012 titled as Mohinder Singh Vs. Lakhwinder Singh and others, whereby the respondents had been acquitted of charges of offences punishable under Sections 323, 326, 452, 342 read with Section 34 of IPC.

2. Brief facts of the case relevant for the purpose of disposal of this application are that the aforementioned criminal complaint had been filed by the applicant-complainant Mohinder Singh on the allegations that his son Amrik Singh had purchased a house situated within Lal Dora of village Basrawan, Tehsil Batala from sons and wife of Kundan Singh, who was the original owner of the said house and had died in the year 1993. It was alleged that eight persons named as accused in the complaint were trying to interfere in possession of the complainant and his family over this house and had tried to take forcible possession thereof and in this regar