Under the BNSS, 2023, who can file an appeal against an order of acquittal passed by a magistrate ?

Under section 419 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, an appeal against an order of acquittal is presented by the Public Prosecutor at the direction of the District Magistrate or the State Government, and where the case was instituted on a complaint and the High Court "grants special leave to appeal from the order of acquittal, the complainant may present such an appeal".

Neither the State nor the complainant is the only possible appellant, and a stranger to the case has no right of appeal merely because he feels aggrieved.