Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 804 · Decided 8 April 2025
M/S Celestium Financial v. A. Gnanasekaran Etc
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 804 · [2025] 4 S.C.R. 2612
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1868/2025
- Decided
- 8 April 2025
- Bench
- B.V. NAGARATHNA, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 372, 2(wa), 378, 200; Constitution; NI Act Section 138, 139
Headnote
Issue arose as regards the maintainability of an appeal under proviso to s.372 CrPC against order of acquittal in a case instituted upon a private complaint u/s.138 Negotiable Instruments Act, by treating the complainant in such proceeding as a victim within the term u/s.2(wa) CrPC. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss.2(wa), 372, 378, 200 - Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 - s.138 - Respondents issued cheques to appellant against the loan facility availed from the appellant - Cheques dishonoured with the
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