IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision : 02.02.2026 THE SHRI SHYAM COOPERATIVE URBAN (N.A.) THRIFT AND CREDIT SOCIETY LTD, HISAR ... Appellant Versus SHRI AMAR SINGH ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present: Mr. Raj Kumar Saini, Advocate for the appellant None for respondent.

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MANISHA BATRA, J. (ORAL)

1. 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 22.10.2014, passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate 1^st Class, Hisar in complaint bearing No.298-II of 2011 dated 29.03.2011, titled as ‘The Shri Shyam Coop. Urban (N.A.) Thrift & Credit Society Limited Hisar Versus Sh. Amar Singh’, filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short ‘N. I. Act’), whereby respondent was acquitted for commission of offence punishable under Section

138 of the N. I. Act.

2. Today, the case was fixed for addressing arguments on the application. Learned counsel for the appellant, while relying upon a recent pronouncement of Hon’ble Supreme Court in M/s. Celestium Fin