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Gujarat High Court
Surendrasinh Nharsinh Kosada vs Raghuvirsingh Ishwarsinh Kosada on 28 April, 2026
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
R/CRIMINAL APPEAL (AGAINST ACQUITTAL) NO. 175 of 2018
With
R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 200 of 2018
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SURENDRASINH NHARSINH KOSADA
Versus
RAGHUVIRSINGH ISHWARSINH KOSADA & ANR.
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Appearance:
MR VISHAL C MEHTA(6152) for the Appellant(s) No. 1
MR P P MAJMUDAR(5284) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1
MS. DIVYANGANA JHALA,APP for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 2
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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER
Date : 28/04/2026
ORAL ORDER
1. This is an acquittal appeal filed under Section 378
of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred
to as 'the Code' for short) / under Section 419 of the
Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter
referred to as 'BNSS' for short) by the complainant against
the judgment and order impugned passed by the learned trial
Court, whereby the learned trial Court had acquitted the
respondent/s/accused of the charge under Section 138 of the
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter referred to as
the 'NI Act' for short).
2. Heard learned advocate for the parties. Learned
APP has submitted that this matter is required to be
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transferred in view of the recent decision of this Court
passed in Criminal Misc. Application No.12753 of 2019 with
Criminal Misc. Application No.12908 of 2019.
3. Before entering into the merits of this case, this
Court deems it proper to refer to the latest decision rendered
by this Court in the case of Shivsinh Ganpatsinh Solanki V/s
State of Gujarat & Anr. being Criminal Miscellaneous
Application Nos. 12753 of 2019 with 12908 of 2019 on
23.12.2025, wherein, after considering the various judgments
of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, more particularly, the
judgment in the matter of M/s Celestium Financial V/s
A.Gyanasekaran etc. reported in 2025 INSC 804, has
observed and held that the Complainant, in a complaint
under Section 138 of the N.I. Act, being a Victim, has a
specific right to appeal under proviso of Section 372 of the
Code / Section 413 of the BNSS to the Court which is
immediately superior in hierarchy i.e., the Sessions Court.
Therefore, the applications for leave to appeal/appeal(s) which
are pending before this Court can be disposed of with a
direction to transfer the said application/appeal(s) to the
concerned Sessions Court.
4. In view of the above, learned advocate for the
petitioner requested to transfer the appeal to the concerned
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Sessions Court.
5. In view of the said request, this appeal is
disposed of with a direction to the Registry to transfer the
appeal to the concerned Sessions Court. After it is
transferred to the concerned Sessions Court, it has to be
treated as an Appeal under the proviso under Section 372 of
the Code / Section 413 of BNSS and numbered accordingly.
The Registry is directed to transfer the entire record of the
case, including the certified copies of the order impugned and
record & proceedings, if lying with this Court, to the
concerned lower Appellate Court, forthwith.
6. Considering that the matter has been pending for
considerable time, the learned lower Appellate Court is
required to make endeavour to dispose of the matter as
expeditiously as possible. It is clarified that this Court has
not gone into the merits of the matter at this stage.
(SANJEEV J.THAKER,J)
ADITYA SINGH
