IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

273 Date of Decision: 28.11.2025 NIRBJIT SINGH DHANOA ...Appellant Versus GURVINDER SINGH SIDHU ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA ****

Present: Mr. Amandeep Singh Rai, Advocate for the appellant.

MANISHA BATRA , J. (ORAL)

1. The instant appeal has been filed by the appellant against the judgment of acquittal dated 22.09.2023, passed by the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate 1^st Class, SAS Nagar, Mohali in Criminal Complaint bearing No.NACT-387/2017, dated 09.05.2017 titled as 'Nirbjit Singh Dhanoa vs. Gurvinder Singh Sidhu', filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (for short ‘N.I. Act’), whereby respondent/accused had been acquitted for commission of aforementioned offence.

2. Today, learned counsel for the applicant, while relying upon a recent pronouncement of Hon’ble Supreme Court in M/s. Celestium Financial vs. A. Gnanasekaran Etc., 2025(3) RCR (Criminal) 208, have submitted that by directing the present application as an appeal, filed under Sections 372 of Cr.P.C. (which is pari materia with Section 413 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023), the same be sent to appropriate Court fo