IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. 50-MA of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: September 14, 2010. M/s Sublime Chit Fund Company Private Limited. ...... PETITIONER(s) Versus Harbhajan Singh Hakim Maluwal Wale ...... RESPONDENT(s) CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr. Pardeep Rajput, Advocate for the applicant-appellant. Mr. Munish Puri, Advocate for Mr. Hemant Saini, Advocate for the respondent. ***** RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) The present application and appeal have been filed under Section 378(4) of Code of Criminal Procedure for granting Special Leave to Appeal against judgment of acquittal dated 15.10.2009 passed by learned Special Judicial Magistrate, Amritsar in complaint case under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act. In view of the amended provision of Section 372 of Code of Criminal Procedure, the applicant-appellant is having right to appeal before court of sessions against judgment of acquittal passed by a Magistrate. Hence, in this view of the matter, the present application and appeal are disposed of with liberty to applicant-appellant to file appeal before court of Sessions. However, in case an application for condonation of delay is filed by the applicant-appellant, the period spent by him in pursuing this application in this Court be taken into consideration. ( RAM CHAND GUPTA ) September 14, 2010. JUDGE 'om' 2