VIRENDER SINGH vs JOGENDER SINGH

CRM-A-2337-MA-2017 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 241-2 CRM-A-2337-MA-2017 Date of Decision: 13.05.2026 Virender Singh .....Applicant(s) Versus Jogender Singh .....Non-applicant(s)/Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH Present: None. *** SANJAY VASHISTH, J. 1. Applicant – Virender Singh, has filed the present application seeking grant of leave to appeal against the judgment of acquittal dated 08.06.2017, passed by learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Rewari, in Criminal case bearing COMA-2691-2013, under Section(s) 138/142 of Negotiable Instruments Act and Section 420 IPC, whereby the complaint filed by the applicant(s) herein has been dismissed by acquitting the accused. 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 Finder Doc Id # 2737710 : 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1320], their Lordships’ have answered the issue in affirmative that whether an appeal would be maintainab