SOHAN SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

240 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-A-494-2023 (O&M) Date of Decision: 19.05.2026 SOHAN SINGH ...Applicant Versus STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUKHVINDER KAUR Present : Mr. Gurcharan Dass, Advocate for the applicant. Ms. Pooja Nayar Sharma, D.A.G., Punjab. ANOOP CHITKARA, J. CRM-A-494-2020 Criminal COMI/35876-2013 Complaint Date of decision: 16.12.2022 Feeling aggrieved by the trial court's judgment, acquitting the accused/respondents, the complainant had come up before this Court by filing the above-mentioned application for leave to appeal. 2. Counsel for the applicant prays for transfer of appeal to the first Appellate Court in view of judgment of Hon’ble Supreme Court passed in “Celestium Financial v. A. Gnanasekaran, 2025(3) RCR(Criminal) 208, de- cided on 08.04.2025”. 3. In Celestium Financial v. A. Gnanasekaran, 2025(3) RCR(Criminal) 208, decided on 08.04.2025, Hon’ble Supreme Court holds, [7.8] In the case of an offence alleged against an ac- cused under Section 138 of the Act, we are of the view that the complainant is indeed the victim owing to the alleged dishonour of a ch