https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=783507 In a complaint case ending in acquittal, the complainant is treated as a victim within Section 2(wa) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and may maintain an appeal under the proviso to Section 372. The earlier view that recourse lay only under Section 378(4) was displaced by the later authoritative ruling, and subsequent decisions followed the same approach. The complainant's leave to appeal was therefore directed to be treated as an appeal, preserving the appellate remedy and requiring consideration on merits by the Sessions Court. en-us Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:28:48 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=783507 In a complaint case ending in acquittal, the complainant is treated as a victim within Section 2(wa) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and may maintain an appeal under the proviso to Section 372. The earlier view that recourse lay only under Section 378(4) was displaced by the later authoritative ruling, and subsequent decisions followed the same approach. The complainant's leave to appeal was therefore directed to be treated as an appeal, preserving the appellate remedy and requiring consideration on merits by the Sessions Court. Case-Laws Income Tax Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=783507