2024:CGHC:33897 AFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR ACQA No. 252 of 2019

1 - Triloki Kumar Dheemar S/o Chatur Singh Dheemar Aged About 45 Years R/o Behind Vijay Dal Mill, Shivpara, Ward No. 33, Durg, Tahsil And District- Durg, Chhattisgarh ... Appellant versus

1 - Jai Prakash Batra S/o Hari Batra Aged About 35 Years R/o Sindhi Colony Kundarapara, Namak Factory Wali Gali, Near Goura Chowk, Durg, Tahsil And District- Durg, Chhattisgarh ... Respondent For Appellant : Shri Praveen Dhurander, Advocate For Respondent : Shri Puneet Ruparel, Advocate (Hon’ble Shri Justice Arvind Kumar Verma)

Order on Board

03/09/2024 This Acquittal appeal under Section 378(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short “Cr.P.C.”) is filed by the appellant/complaint being aggrieved by the impugned judgment dated 05.02.2019 passed in Complaint Case No. 4345/2015 by the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Durg, district Durg whereby the respondent/accused has been acquitted of the charges under Section

138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short “NI Act”).

2. Brief facts of the case are that the complainant/appellant and the accused/respondent are shopkeepers in the same market and ar