Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 372Proviso, 378 -- Dishonour of cheque - Appeal against acquittal - Person who files a complaint alleging offence u/s 138 of N.I Act has right to prefer appeal u/s 378 or S.372 proviso Cr.PC (S.419 and S.413 Proviso BNSS) - Since an appeal lies under Cr.P.C or BNSS, no proceeding by way..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 256 -- Dishonour of cheque - Dismissal of complaint in default - Revision not maintainable against an order of acquittal in a complaint case - Proper remedy is to file appeal u/s 378(4) Cr.P.C subject to grant of special leave by High Court - Revision petition rightly dismissed being not..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 401 -- Dishonour of cheque - Conviction by trial Court - Accused acquitted in appeal - In Revision High Court convicted accused - High Court as per S.401(3) Cr.P.C does not have authority to convert a finding of acquittal into one of conviction while exercising its revisional power - If..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 397, 372 -- Conversion of revision into appeal - Order of acquittal - Appeal u/s 372 Proviso Cr.P.C can be preferred against judgment of acquittal only if such judgment was passed on or after 31.12.2009 i.e when Proviso to S.372 Cr.P.C has come into force - In the instant case, since offence has been committed prior to 31.12.2009 and..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 397 -- Acquittal - State filed appeal and accused was convicted and benefit of probation was granted - Complainant never challenged the order of acquittal - Revision petition by complainant for inadequate sentence is neither legal not proper - Revision petition dismissed...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 378 -- Appeal against acquittal - High Court could have set aside order of acquittal in an appeal/revision, only if findings as recorded by trial Court were perverse or impossible...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 372 -- Appeal against acquittal - S.372 Cr.P.C provides a victim right of preferring an appeal only in cases arising out of a Police report, limited remedy available to such a victim when trial Court acquitted accused, was to prefer a revision u/s 397 Cr.P.C which at best would only result in setting aside acquittal a consequential..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 401 -- Revision against acquittal - Revision against order of acquittal at the instance of victim or complainant as the case may be, shall not be entertained and victim or complainant, as the case may be shall be relegated to prefer appeal as provided u/s 372 or S.378(4) Cr.P.C, as the case may be...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 401 -- Revision against acquittal - Where under Cr.P.C appeal lies but an application for revision has been made to High Court by any person, High Court has jurisdiction to treat the application for revision as a petition of appeal and deal with the same accordingly as per S.401(5) Cr.P.C - However, subject to High Court being..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 397, 401 -- Revision - Maintainability - Order of acquittal of accused - State Government had to direct public prosecutor to present an appeal to High Court - No averment in revision petition that revision has been filed by public prosecutor at the direction of State Government - Revision petition dismissed being not maintainable...........
