1 2025:CGHC:35281 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR ACQA No. 152 of 2020 1 - Siraj Farooquie @ Bunty S/o Late Shri Salam Farooqie Aged About 42 Years R/o Opposite Mazar Maudha Para, Raipur, Police Station Maudha Para District Raipur Civil And Revenue District Raipur Chhattisgarh Mobile No. 8109637537 (Complainant) ... Appellant versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through District Magistrate Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - Abhishekh Das S/o Shri Gopal Das Aged About 27 Years R/o Shanti Nagar Bhilai-3, Post Office And Revenue Office Bhilai-3, District Durg Chhattisgarh ... Respondents For Appellant : Ms. Pooja Loniya, Advocate appears on behalf of Mr. Sachin Nidhi, Advocate For Respondent/State : Ms. Nupur Sonkar, PL Hon'ble Shri Justice Deepak Kumar Tiwari Judgment On Board PRIYANKA VERMA Digitally signed by PRIYANKA VERMA Date: 2025.07.23 16:19:19 +0530 2 23/07/2025 1. This Acquittal Appeal has been preferred under Section 378(4) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 against the judgment dated 17.01.2020 passed by the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Raipur in Complaint Case No.1569/2018, whereby, the respondent/accused has been acquitted of the charge under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. 2. At the outset, learned counsel for the appellant submits that the matter has become infructuous as respondent No.2/accused has already died. 3. In view of the aforesaid submission, the Appeal is dismissed as having become infructuous. Sd/- (Deepak Kumar Tiwari) Judge Priyanka