1 2025:CGHC:25457 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRMP No. 1390 of 2025 1 - Sahinder Pal Singh Bhatia S/o Trilochan Singh Bhatiya Aged About 51 Years R/o New Deepak Nagar, Durg, District - Durg, Chhattisgarh. ... Petitioner(s). versus 1 - M/s J.S.T. Homes Private Limited Directors, 1) Taarakranjan Manjhi S/o Sunil Ranjan Manjhi Aged About 42 Years R/o J.S.T. Homes Private Limited, Telibandha, Raipur, District - Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 2 - Shikha Manjhi W/o Taarakranjan Manjhi Aged About 36 Years R/o J.S.T. Homes Private Limited, Telibandha, Raipur, District - Raipur, Chhattisgarh. ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Shri Shikhar Bakhtiyar, Advocate. Hon'ble Shri Justice Deepak Kumar Tiwari Order On Board 18/06/2025 1. This petition has been preferred against the judgment of acquittal dated 29.11.2024 passed by the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Durg C.G. in Regular Complaint Case No.2247/2015, whereby, the respondents/accused have been acquitted of the charge under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. 2. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that recently in the judgment dated 08.04.2025 rendered by the AVINASH SHARMA Digitally signed by AVINASH SHARMA Date: 2025.06.18 16:48:00 +0530 2 Hon’ble Supreme Court in the matter of Celestium Financial vs. A. Gnanasekaran Etc., 2025 INSC 804, right to file appeal under proviso to Section 372 Cr.P.C. was discussed and it was held that the victim shall have a right to prefer an appeal against any order passed by the Court acquitting the accused and such appeal shall lie to the Court to which an appeal ordinarily lies against the order of conviction of such Court. He submits that the petition may be disposed of reserving liberty so as to avail the said remedy. 3. In view of the aforesaid submission and considering the law declared in the matter of Celestium Financial (supra), this petition stands disposed of reserving liberty in favour of the petitioner to file an appeal within a period of 30 days from this order before the appropriate Court, in accordance with law. It is further made clear that if such an appeal is filed before the concerned Court within the time given by this Court, it would not insist upon the limitation while deciding the same and will proceed to decide the same in accordance with law. 4. Registry shall return the certified copy of the impugned judgment/order and relevant documents to counsel for the petitioner after retaining the photocopy of the same. 5. Registry shall send back the record to the concerned Court. 6. Accordingly, the CRMP is disposed of. Sd/- (Deepak Kumar Tiwari) Judge Avinash