IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

241 CRA-AS-449-2023 INDIABULLS FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD.

....APPELLANT V/s ANURAG GUPTA ....RESPONDENT Date of decision: 22.01.2026 Date of Uploading:22.01.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: None for the appellant/applicant.

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SUMEET GOEL , J. (Oral)

1. The substantive prayer made in the present appeal reads, thus:

“It is therefore respectfully prayed that the appeal may kindly be accepted and the order dated 09.12.2014 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Gurgaon may kindly be set-aside and the complaint may kindly be restored to its original number and the respondent be convicted under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act in the interest of law, justice and equity.”

Alongwith an appeal, an application for grant of leave has also been preferred under Section 378(4) Cr.P.C., 1973

2. I have perused the paper-book.

3. Before proceeding to consider the application (for grant of special leave to appeal)/appeal, it would be apposite to refer herein to a judgment passed by this Court in CRM-A-826-2025 titled as Raj Kumar vs. Rajender : 2025:PHHC:079740 wherein, this Court, while relying upon the di