IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

321 CRM-A-528-2025 ASHOK JAGGA ....APPELLANT V/s SHUSHMA RANI ....RESPONDENT Date of decision: 01.04.2026 Date of Uploading: 01.04.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Piyush Setia, Advocate 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, most respectfully prayed that the appeal may kindly be accepted, the impugned judgment may kindly be set aside and the complaint may kindly be restored to its original number.”

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

2. I have heard learned counsel for the appellant/applicant and have perused the paper-book.

3. Before proceeding to decide 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 dicta of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in M/s Celestium Financial vs. A. Gnanasekaran Etc. 2025 INSC 804 : 2025(3) RCR (Criminal) 208, has h