SATINDER PAL SINGH vs ASHWANI KUMAR DHIR

CRA-AS-86-2019 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 244 CRA-AS-86-2019 Date of Decision:18.05.2026 SATINDER PAL SINGH .....Applicant Versus ASHWANI KUMAR DHIR .....Non-applicants/Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH Present: Mr. Amit Dhawan, Advocate, for the applicant. *** SANJAY VASHISTH, J. 1. Applicant – Satinder Pal Singh has filed the present application under Section 378(4) Cr.P.C. (corresponding Section 419(4) of BNSS, 2023), seeking grant of leave to appeal against the judgment of acquittal dated 28.11.2014, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Jalandhar, in new Case No.29183/2013 instituted on 13.10.2010, under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, titled as ‘Satinder Pal Singh vs. Ashwani Kumar Dhir’, whereby the complaint filed by the applicant herein was dismissed by acquitting the accused/respondent. 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)