IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 29.01.2026 Malkiat Singh ...Applicant.

Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents.

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CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUKHVINDER KAUR .......

Present: Mr. Ramandeep, Advocate for the applicant.

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SUKHVINDER KAUR , J .

The instant application has been filed under Section 378(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C.’) seeking grant of leave to file an appeal against the judgment of acquittal dated 26.04.2019 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Samana in Criminal Complaint No.CHI-34-2014, titled as 'State Vs. Nirmal Singh and others', filed under Sections 182 and 211 of IPC, whereby the respondents were acquitted for commission of offences punishable under Sections 182 and

211 of IPC.

2. Today, the case was fixed for addressing arguments on the application. Learned counsel for the parties, while relying upon a judgment passed by Hon’ble Supreme Court in M/s. Celestium Financial vs. A. Gnanasekaran Etc., 2025(3) RCR (Criminal) 208, made the submission while treating the present application as an appeal, filed under Sections 372 of Cr.P.C. (which is pari materia with Section 413 of