IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA 240 M/s Arjan Sales Corporation M/s Sonu Shoes, Faridkot CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE Present :- Ms. Manju Goyal, Advocate and Mr. Pankaj Goyal, Advocate, for VINOD S. BHARDWAJ The present application has of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter ‘CR.P.C.’) grant of leave to appeal learned Judicial Magist criminal complaint No. Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 2. After assessing all the material available on the record, the learned trial Court acquitted the respondent(s) vide 3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the applicant submits that in view of the judgment passed by the Hon’ble Supre Celestium Financial vs. A. Gnanasekaran Etc., 2025(3) RCR (Criminal) 208, the applicant would have a remedy before the Court of Sessions. 4. In view of the judgment rendered by the Apex Court in Celestium Financial (supra) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-A-1358 Date of decision: M/s Arjan Sales Corporation VERSUS Sonu Shoes, Faridkot and another HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ s. Manju Goyal, Advocate and Mr. Pankaj Goyal, Advocate, for the applicant. ***** BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) The present application has been preferred under of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter ‘CR.P.C.’) grant of leave to appeal against the order dated Judicial Magistrate First Class, Chandigarh criminal complaint No.16910 of 2019 filed under Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. After assessing all the material available on the record, the learned trial Court acquitted the respondent(s) vide Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the applicant submits that in view of the judgment passed by the Hon’ble Supre Celestium Financial vs. A. Gnanasekaran Etc., 2025(3) RCR (Criminal) the applicant would have a remedy before the Court of Sessions. n view of the judgment rendered by the Apex Court in Celestium Financial (supra), the present applic IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 1358-2023 (O&M) Date of decision: 22.09.2025 ...Applicant ...Respondents VINOD S. BHARDWAJ the applicant. been preferred under Section 378(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter ‘CR.P.C.’) seeking dated 17.02.2023 passed by the Chandigarh in a case stemming from filed under Section 138 of the After assessing all the material available on the record, the learned trial Court acquitted the respondent(s) vide order dated 17.02.2023. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the applicant submits that in view of the judgment passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in M/s. Celestium Financial vs. A. Gnanasekaran Etc., 2025(3) RCR (Criminal) the applicant would have a remedy before the Court of Sessions. n view of the judgment rendered by the Apex Court in , the present application seeking leave to appeal SUMIT SINGH GUSAIN 2025.09.25 11:23 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 240 CRM-A-1358-2023 is remanded to the learned Sessions Judge treat the same as an appeal filed under Section 372 of the Cr.P.C. and entrust the same to appropriate Court for its disposal on merits. 5. The Registry is the record of the case to the learned Sessions Judge 6. Disposed of accordingly. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, also stand disposed of. 22.09.2025 Sumit Gusain Whether speaking/reasoned Whether reportable 2023 to the learned Sessions Judge, Chandigarh treat the same as an appeal filed under Section 372 of the Cr.P.C. and entrust the same to appropriate Court for its disposal on merits. The Registry is directed to send the complete paper the record of the case to the learned Sessions Judge Disposed of accordingly. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, also stand disposed of. (VINOD S. BHARDWAJ) Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes/No Whether reportable : Yes/No 2 Chandigarh with a direction to treat the same as an appeal filed under Section 372 of the Cr.P.C. and entrust the same to appropriate Court for its disposal on merits. directed to send the complete paper-book and the record of the case to the learned Sessions Judge, Chandigarh forthwith. Disposed of accordingly. Pending miscellaneous applications, if (VINOD S. BHARDWAJ) JUDGE SUMIT SINGH GUSAIN 2025.09.25 11:23 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document