Supreme Court of India

M/s Celestium Financial v. A. Gnanasekaran Etc

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Reported as [2025] 4 S.C.R. 2612
Bench B.V. Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma JJ.
Decided 8 April 2025

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the victim of an offence has the right to prefer an appeal under the proviso to Section 372 of the CrPC, irrespective of whether he is a complainant or not.

Judgment, page 38

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose as regards the maintainability of an appeal under proviso to s.372 CrPC against order of acquittal in a case instituted upon a private complaint u/s.138 Negotiable Instruments Act, by treating the complainant in such proceeding as a victim within the meaning ascribed to the term u/s.2(wa) CrPC. Headnotes† Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss.2(wa), 372, 378, 200 – Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – s.138 – Respondents issued cheques to appellant against the loan facility availed from the appellant – Cheques dishonoured with the endorsement “funds

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