https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307061 The right of appeal is statutory and available only to persons expressly entitled under the Code. A witness who was not shown to have suffered loss or injury from the acts charged could not qualify as a "victim" under Section 2(wa) and therefore could not invoke the proviso to Section 372 to challenge the acquittal. The Court noted that the appellant's grievance arose from a separate alleged extortion-linked episode, not from the offences tried in the present case, and held that he had no maintainable appeal against acquittal. en-us Mon, 05 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 21:07:01 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307061 The right of appeal is statutory and available only to persons expressly entitled under the Code. A witness who was not shown to have suffered loss or injury from the acts charged could not qualify as a "victim" under Section 2(wa) and therefore could not invoke the proviso to Section 372 to challenge the acquittal. The Court noted that the appellant's grievance arose from a separate alleged extortion-linked episode, not from the offences tried in the present case, and held that he had no maintainable appeal against acquittal. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 05 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307061