2026:CGHC:5334 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR ACQA No. 375 of 2023 Rajesh Singh S/o Late Chandrika Singh, Aged About 69 Years R/o Sant Asharam Bapu Nagar, P.S. Jamul Tahsil And District Durg, Chhattisgarh.

(Complainant)

... Appellant versus Ishwar Satnami S/o Malikram, Aged About 45 Years R/o House No. 20, Sunder Vihar Colony, Kurud Road, P.S.- Jamul, Tehsil And District- Durg, Chhattisgarh.

... Respondent (Cause title taken from Case Information System)

For Appellant : Mr. Jitendra Gupta, Advocate Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal

Order on Board

30/01/2026

1.

Heard on I.A. No. 2 of 2026, an application for substitution of legal representatives of the deceased/respondent.

2.

Learned counsel for the appellant would submit that, the sole respondent has died on 21.01.2025, and he wants to implead his legal representatives in the present acquittal appeal in his place.

VED PRAKASH 3.

This is an appeal against acquittal filed by the complainant. The DEWANGAN VED PRAKASH present respondent- Ishwar Satnami (since died), was being DEWANGAN Date: 2026.02.02 prosecuted by the complainant for the offence under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in Complaint Case No. 2