IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA SLA No.27 of 2007 PUNDEO RAUT Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 9. 23.7.2008 This application has been preferred against the order and judgment of acquittal passed by Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Siwan, under sections 418, 420, 466 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code. The scope of appeal against the acquittal by a private complainant has been decided by the Apex Court in the case of Mahendra Pratap Singh Vs. Sarju Singh and another reported in 1968 C.L.J. 865. From the aforesaid decision of the Apex Court it is manifest that this Court has very limited scope while hearing special leave to appeal against acquittal. I find that material witnesses did not turn up for cross- examination after charge. In view of the above, I do not find any illegality in the order of the learned trial court acquitting the opposite parties. Accordingly, this special leave to appeal is dimissed. sudip ( S. P. Singh, J )