PARVEEN KUMAR vs MANGE LAL

2026:PHHC:069682 sae es aceon CRM-A-574-MA-2017 -L IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 229 CRM-A-574-MA-2017 Date of decision : 05.05.2026 Parveen Kumar ... Applicant Versus Mange Lal .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S.GREWAL Present:- Mr. Rajiv Rathor, Advocate for Mr. Manish Mehta, Advocate for the applicant/appellant. KKK H.S. Grewal, J.(Oral) 1. The present application has been preferred under Section 378(4) read with Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking grant of leave to appeal of the judgment of acquittal dated 09.01.2017 passed by the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Mohindergarh in the complaint case filed under Sections 418, 420, & 120-B IPC. 2. Before proceeding to hear the application (for grant of leave to appeal)/appeal, it is important to decide whether the right of the victim to file an appeal against acquittal in a complaint case would fall under Section 372 or Section 378(4) of Cr.P.C. 3. Hon’ble the Supreme Court in M/s Celestium Financial vs. A. Gnanasekaran Etc., 2025(3) RCR (Criminal) 208, had laid comprehensive interpretation of Sections 372 and 378(4) of Cr.P.C. and had concluded that the 2026.05.06 15.12 2026:PHHC:069682 ee peac