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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (26 of 1881) Section 138 – When a complaint under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, is allowed by the trial Court, then the remedy for filing an appeal under Section 374(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, would lie before the Court of Session; however, in case the complaint is dismissed, then the complainant may apply for leave to appeal under Section 378(4) CrPC, and such appeal would be heard only when the High Court grants leave – When Section 378(4) CrPC explicitly provides for leave to appeal against the dismissal of a complaint, then the legal remedy is to take resort to file an application for leave to appeal before the High Court and not to bypass the same by taking resort to Section 372 CrPC, which is introduced for an entirely different purpose.