IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No.2131 of 2004 Date of Decision 10.03.2010 Kanwaljit Kaur ...... Petitioner(s) VERSUS Jaswant Singh Sandhu ...... Respondent(s) CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.N.JINDAL Present: Mr.R.S.Bains, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.A.S.Jattana, Advocate, for the respondent. ***** A.N.JINDAL, J(ORAL): This petition, preferred by the petitioner-complainant (herein referred as 'the complainant') has arisen out of the judgment dated 15.03.2004, passed by Addl. Sessions Judge, Ludhiana, acquitting the respondent-accused (herein referred as 'the accused') of the charge under Section 498-A. At the very outset, I agree with the contention raised by learned counsel for the respondent that in view of the provisions of Section 378 (4) of the Criminal Procedure Code, the appeal was maintainable and not the revision. Section 378 (4) of the Code is reproduced as under:- “If such an order of acquittal is passed in any case instituted upon complaint and the High Court on an application made to it by the complainant in this behalf, grants special leave to appeal from the order of acquittal, the complainant may present such an appeal to the High Court.” Thus, on perusal of the aforesaid Section, it was only the appeal which was maintainable and not the revision. Hence, this revision petition against the order of acquittal in a complaint case, stands dismissed being not maintainable. (A.N.Jindal) Judge 10.03.2010 mamta-II