RAVI TEXTILE TRADERS THROUGH POA KHUSHALSINGH K. RAJPUTversusINDO ELECTRO LAMINATES
- Disposal
- 27-WITHDRAWN @ ADM.STAGE
- Bench
- SANJEEV THAKER
Holding
The Court permitted the withdrawal of the application and allowed the applicant to file an appropriate appeal within four months, with the time spent on the present filing not counted as delay.
Summary
The applicant, Ravi Textile Traders (through POA), filed a criminal miscellaneous application under Section 419(4) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking leave to appeal an acquittal of the respondents under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The applicant later sought to withdraw the application, relying on a recent Gujarat High Court decision (Shivsinh Ganpatsinh Solanki v. State of Gujarat) which, following Supreme Court precedent (Celestium Financial v. Gyanasekaran, 2025 INSC 804), affirmed a complainant’s right to appeal under the proviso to Section 372 of the Code (Section 413 of BNSS) to the Sessions Court without the filing period being counted as delay. The Court granted permission to withdraw the application and ordered the connected appeal to be treated as withdrawn, giving the applicant liberty to file a proper appeal within four months, with the time spent on the present filing not counted as delay. The order clarified that the Court did not examine the merits of the original criminal case. The record, if any, is to be remitted to the concerned Court.
Issues considered
- What is the effect of the recent Gujarat High Court decision on the applicant’s right to withdraw the leave‑to‑appeal application?
- Whether the period spent filing the present application can be excluded from the limitation period for filing an appeal under Section 372/Section 413 BNSS?
Legislation cited
Subjects
Judgment
R/CR.MA/6359/2025 ORDER DATED: 29/01/2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL) NO. 6359 of
2025
In
F/CRIMINAL APPEAL/6011/2025
With
F/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 6011 of 2025
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RAVI TEXTILE TRADERS THROUGH POA KHUSHALSINGH K. RAJPUT
Versus
INDO ELECTRO LAMINATES & ORS.
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Appearance:
MR MRUGEN K PUROHIT(1224) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
MS SHRUTI PATHAK, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 3
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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER
Date : 29/01/2026
ORAL ORDER
1. This application is filed under Section 419(4) of the
Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (‘BNSS’ for short)
by the Complainant seeking leave to appeal to challenge the
judgment and order impugned passed by the learned trial
Court, whereby the Ld. Trial Court had acquitted the
Respondent/s-Accused of charge under Section 138 of the
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter referred to as
the `NI Act’ for short).
2. Learned advocate for the appellant seeks permission to
withdraw this application, in view of 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
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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 BNSS) to the Court which is
immediately superior in hierarchy i.e., the Sessions Court,
with a liberty to file appropriate appeal under Section 372 of
the Code (Section 413 of BNSS) and prayed that the period
that may be consumed in filing the present appeal, may not
be counted as delay in filing such appeal before the
concerned Court.
3. Permission as prayed for is granted. The present
application as well as the connected appeal are disposed of
as withdrawn, with a liberty to file appropriate appeal/s
before the concerned Court, within a period of four months
from the date of this order. Record and proceedings, if lying
with this Court, be remitted back to the concerned Court
forthwith.
4. It is clarified that the period that may be consumed in
filing the present appeal may not be counted as delay in
filing such appeal before the concerned Court. Moreover, the
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certified copy of the impugned judgment, be handed over to
the applicant/appellant, as per Rules, if asked for. It is open
for the parties to agitate all the grievance before the
concerned Court afresh. It is clarified that this Court has not
gone into the merits of the matter.
(SANJEEV J.THAKER,J)
Manoj Kumar Rai
Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: MANOJKUMAR RAI(HC01072), PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 29/01/2026 14:13:50
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