1 2025:CGHC:57605 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR ACQA No. 302 of 2024 Photo Bai W/o Tijram Gond Aged About 45 Years R/o Village Dangbora, Thana Sakti, District -Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh. (Complainant), District - Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh ... Appellant versus 1 - Hetram S/o Ghasiyaram Mouvar Aged About 65 Years R/o Village Dangbora, Tahsil And Thana Sakti, District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh 2 - Karmuram S/o Dokari Kanwar Aged About 65 Years R/o Village Dangbora, Tahsil And Thana Sakti, District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh 3 - Sitaram S/o Gopalram Mouvar Aged About 60 Years R/o Village Dangbora, Tahsil And Thana Sakti, District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh 4 - Nohar Singh S/o Mehatar Mouvar Aged About 46 Years R/o Village Dangbora, Tahsil And Thana Sakti, District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh SHUBHAM SINGH RAGHUVANSHI Digitally signed by SHUBHAM SINGH RAGHUVANSHI Date: 2025.11.27 12:24:04 +0530 2 5 - Munna S/o Nankidau Aged About 45 Years R/o Village Dangbora, Tahsil And Thana Sakti, District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh 6 - Achheram S/o Anandram Aged About 60 Years R/o Village Dangbora, Tahsil And Thana Sakti, District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh 7 - Mohan S/o Mahadeva Mouvar Aged About 45 Years R/o Village Dangbora, Tahsil And Thana Sakti, District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh 8 - Tularam S/o Chedu Teli Aged About 70 Years R/o Village Dangbora, Tahsil And Thana Sakti, District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh 9 - Jairam S/o Manshek Mouvar Aged About 65 Years R/o Village Dangbora, Tahsil And Thana Sakti, District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh 10 - Tarasingh S/o Hetram Mouvar Aged About 45 Years R/o Village Dangbora, Tahsil And Thana Sakti, District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh ... Respondents For Appellant : Mr. Parag Kotecha, Advocate For Respondents No.1 to 7, 9 & 10 : Mr. Basant Dewangan, Advocate Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal Judgment on Board 26/11/2025 1. This acquittal appeal U/s 378(4) of the Cr.P.C. has been filed against the judgment dated 28.06.2019 passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Sakti, District Janjgir-Champa 3 (C.G.) in Criminal Case No. 621/2013 whereby, the respondents/accused have been acquitted of the charge for commission of offence under Section 500 of IPC. 2. At the outset, learned counsel for the appellant submits that recently the Supreme Court has delivered a judgment in the matter of M/s. Celestium Financial Vs. A. Gnanasekaran Etc. reported in 2025 INSC 804 held that the victim as defined in section 2(wa) of Cr.P.C. corresponding to Section 2(y) of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short the “BNSS”) can also be entitled to file an appeal under proviso to Section 372 of Cr.P.C. corresponding to Section 413 of the BNSS. Learned counsel submits that the case 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 Appeal stands disposed of reserving liberty in favour of the appellant to file an appeal within a period of 60 days from today 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 appellant after retaining photocopy of the same. 5. Registry shall send back the record to the concerned Court. Sd/- (Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal) Judge Shubham