1 2025:CGHC:47599 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR ACQA No. 441 of 2024 Surekha Patre W/o Mithlesh Patre Aged About 33 Years R/o Sai Nagar, Uslapur, Police Station Sakri, District Bilaspur (C.G.) Presently Residing At Mangla Police Station Civil Line, District Bilaspur (C.G.) ... Appellant versus Dhaneshwar Kurre S/o Dwarika Prasad Kurre Aged About 28 Years R/o Kurre Nagar, Karhidih, Police Station Baloda, District Janjgir Champa (C.G.) ... Respondent (Hon’ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal) Order on Board 16/09/2025 By this appeal filed under section 378(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the appellant is challenging the impugned judgment dated 07.04.2022 passed in Complaint Case (NIA) No. 769/2019 whereby the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh acquitted the respondent/accused of the charge under section u/s 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. No one appears on behalf of the appellant when the matter is 2 called out even in second round. On previous occasion also when the matter was taken up for hearing on 04.09.2025, no representation was made on behalf of the appellant. Since no one appears on behalf of the appellant despite repeated calls, this Court is left with no other way except to dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution. Sd/- (Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal) Judge Rao