ROYAL CAPITAL SERVICES vs KIRPAL SINGH

CRA-AS-389-2022(O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 239 CRM-A-906-MA-2014 (now to be treated as CRA-AS-389-2022(O&M) Date of Decision: 05.05.2026 Royal Capital Services .....Applicant(s) Versus Kirpal Singh .....Non-applicant(s)/Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH Present: None. *** SANJAY VASHISTH, J. 1. Appellant-Royal Capital Services, has filed the present appeal seeking leave to appeal against the judgment of acquittal dated 29.07.2013, passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Chandigarh, in Criminal Complaint Case No. 26953/2011 (instituted on 25.08.2005), under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, as amended up to date, read with Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code. By the impugned judgment, the complaint filed by the appellant has been dismissed and the accused has been acquitted. 2. Shorn off the factual matrix of the present case, it is suffice to notice that in the recent mandate of law laid down by Hon’ble the Apex Court, in the case of M/s Celestium Financial v. A. Gnanasekaran etc. [Criminal Appeal Nos. 1868-70 of 2025, decided on 08.04.2025, reported as 2025 (3) RCR (Criminal) 208 : Law Find