2026:CGHC:10713 NAFR Digitally signed by PRIYANKA PRIYANKA VERMA VERMA Date:

2 1 0 5 2 :2 6 3 .0 :2 3 7 .02 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR +0530 ACQA No. 133 of 2016

1 - Naman Traders through its Proprietor Alok Chandak, S/o Shri Chhagan Chandak, Aged About 35 Years, R/o Village Kuthrel, Tahsil And District Durg, Chhattisgarh. ... Appellant versus

1 - M.K.Sharma S/o Shri Ramanand Sharma Aged About 50 Years R/o 183, Jawahar Nagar, Durg, Tahsil And District Durg, Chhattisgarh ... Respondent For Appellant : Mr. Ashish Surana, Advocate For Respondent : Mr. Navin Shukla, Advocate Hon’ble Shri Justice Radhakishan Agrawal Judgment on Board

02/03/2026

1. This is acquittal appeal filed under section 378 (4) of Cr.P.C. by the complainant/appellant against the order dated 07.08.2015 passed by the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Durg (C.G.), in Criminal Complaint Case No.467/2012, whereby the learned J.M.F.C. dismissed the complaint case filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (for short, ‘the NI Act’) for want of prosecution.

2. Facts of the case, in brief, is that the appellant filed a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act on 25.05.2012 before the